Cleary v. East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion of plaintiff for a default judgment and granting the cross motion of defendant Jefferson-Lewis-Herkimer-HamiltonOneida BOCES (BOCES) to compel plaintiff to accept its late answer (see, CPLR 3012 [d]; Goracy v Burns, Brooks & McNeil, 155 AD2d 256; see also, Better v Town of Schodack, 169 AD2d 965). Public policy favors the resolution of a case on the merits, and a court has broad discretion to grant relief from a pleading default if there is a showing of merit to the defense,…
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