Bergida v. Wassen

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered October 18, 1991, which denied plaintiffs motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 (a) for an order directing entry of a default judgment and an assessment, and granted defendant’s cross-motion pursuant to CPLR 3012 (d) compelling plaintiff to accept late service of his answer upon payment of $250 by defendant individually to plaintiffs attorney, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant offered both a reasonable excuse for his delay in serving his answer and a meritorious defense to the action (see, Pokoik v Gittens, 171 AD2d…