Gerlin v. J. Homann Trucking

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton Tingling, J.), entered November 20, 2001, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a car accident, denied defendants’ motion to vacate a default judgment entered against them upon their failure to appear in the action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendants fail to offer a reasonable excuse for their long delay in moving to vacate their default, and thus their motion, when finally made, was properly denied regardless of whether they have a meritorious defense (see Crespo v Kynda Cab Corp., 299 AD2d 295 [2002]). Defendants…