Thompson v. T.F.M. Associates Inc.

Queens Legal Services Corporation seeks to recover $520 costs and disbursement in connection with this proceeding under section 217-a of the Judiciary Law (Thompson’s Law).

Section 217-a of the Judiciary Law was enacted in 1973 and amended in 1974. It was enacted as a consumer protection measure and permits the vacatur of default judgments which were obtained by "fraud, misrepresentation, illegality, unconscionability, lack of due service, violations of law, or other illegalities or where such default judgments were obtained in cases in which those defendants would be uniformly entitled to…