Facsimile Communications Industries, Inc. v. NYU Hospital Center

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.H.O.), entered April 15, 2005, which denied defendant’s motion to vacate the default judgment entered against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

To obtain relief from the default judgment entered against it, defendant was required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense to the action (John v City of New York, 260 AD2d 187, 188 [1999]). With regard to its purported excuse for its default, defendant failed on several occasions to respond to the action or communicate with plaintiffs counsel,…