Gaylord v. Serafino

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (I. Aronin, J.), dated September 22, 1999, which denied his motion for leave to enter a judgment against the defendants upon their default in answering the complaint and granted the defendants’ cross motion for leave to serve their answer.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiff’s motion and granting the defendants’ cross motion. The defendants set forth both a reasonable excuse for…