Salemo v. Geller

—Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered February 9 and 11, 1998, which, respectively, denied the motion by defendants to vacate their default in appearing at a preliminary conference on December 3, 1997, and thereafter struck defendants’ answer for their failure to appear and set the matter for an inquest, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and the answer reinstated.

Under the circumstances herein, defendants submitted a reasonable excuse for their default. Thus, counsel asserted in his…