Jones v. Fuentes

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and injury to property, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Markey, J.), entered March 23, 2012, as denied his motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c) to dismiss the complaint as abandoned.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

CPLR 3215 (c) requires that a plaintiff commence proceedings for the entry of a default judgment within one year after the default or demonstrate sufficient cause why the complaint should not be dismissed. Where the…