Legal Opinion

Federation of Puerto Rican Organizations of Brownsville, Inc. v. Mateo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 23, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered April 4, 1996, which denied defendants’ motion to reargue, denominated a motion to vacate a default, unanimously dismissed as taken from a nonappealable order, without costs.

*327Although denominated a motion to vacate a default, defendants’ motion was, in actuality, one to reargue the prior order that had conditionally struck their answer pursuant to CPLR 3126 (3), rendering the instant order nonappealable (see, Berman v Szpilzinger, 180 AD2d 612). In any event, if we were to review, we would find that defendants…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Berman v. SzpilzingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. Becerril v. Skate Way Roller Rink, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kimmel v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. Steinhardt Group, Inc. v. CiticorpAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. Suzanne v. SuzanneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Johnson v. Banner International Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. Massey v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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