Ganvey Merchandising Corp. v. Knudsen Elevator Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered May 17, 1990, which denied plaintiff’s motion for a default judgment and granted defendant’s motion for an extension of time to serve an answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS court properly exercised its discretion in excusing defendant’s 13-month delay in answering the complaint. Upon receiving service of the complaint, defendant Knudsen properly presented the complaint to its insurance broker, who presented the details to the insurance company’s designated claims company, which in turn assigned defense of the…