Gonzalez v. New York City Transit Authority

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered December 5, 2000, which, in an action for personal injuries arising out of a collision involving a rented car operated by the individual defendant-respondent and owned by the corporate defendant-respondent, denied plaintiffs motion for a default judgment against the individual respondent and granted respondents’ cross motion to compel plaintiff to accept the individual respondent’s answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The default of the individual respondent, a nonresident who was served pursuant to Vehicle and…