Legal Opinion
Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. Walker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 9, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, the additional respondent National Consumer Insurance Company appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Bucaria, J.), dated September 4, 1997, which denied its motion to vacate a judgment entered August 6, 1996, upon its default in appearing at a hearing.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the appellant’s motion to vacate a judgment in light of the lengthy delay in making the motion and its failure to…
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