Legal Opinion

Betancourth v. Pacheco

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

Decided October 15, 1996PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In a negligence action, *443inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lane, J.), dated August 15, 1995, as granted that branch of the defendant’s cross motion pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1), which was to vacate a judgment entered upon the defendant’s default in interposing an answer to the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, and the cross motion is denied.

To establish entitlement to vacatur of a default judgment, the movant must…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Putney v. PearlmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. Fennell v. MasonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Alliance Funding Co. of Nevada, Inc. v. CowardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. Elise v. Western Beef, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. Frisch v. AbdelhakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Kerrigan v. Textile Deliveries, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  5. Lee v. SottileAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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