Franchise Acquisitions Group Corp. v. Jefferson Valley Mall Ltd. Partnership

In an action, inter alia, for a judgment declaring the rights of the parties under a commercial lease, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rudolph, J.), entered November 5, 2007, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27 to dismiss the complaint for the plaintiffs failure to appear at a scheduled pretrial conference.

*718Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To avoid dismissal of the complaint pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27 for failure to appear at a pretrial conference, a plaintiff is required to demonstrate both a reasonable…