Legal Opinion
Vines v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 14, 1990PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard R. Silver, J.), entered October 28, 1988, which denied plaintiff’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 (a) for a default judgment against defendant Miller and granted defendants 20 days to serve Miller’s answer, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Where the public authority defendants interposed an answer in timely fashion and sufficiently demonstrated they were not aware of the pendency of the action against their employee, whom they are bound, under Public Authorities Law § 1212, to indemnify, there was no abuse of discretion in denying this motion to…
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