Demery v. City of New York

— In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), dated December 14, 1987, which granted the motion of the defendant Balsam Cab Corp. to dismiss the complaint as against it pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c) and denied his cross motion for leave to enter a default judgment against Balsam Cab Corp.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff failed to offer a reasonable excuse for his failure to commence proceedings for entry of a default judgment for over two years after the…