Cousins v. Weintraub

Norman Cousins, Plaintiff-Appellant,

against

Valerie Weintraub, Defendant-Respondent.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Alexander M. Tisch, J.), dated June 16, 2015, which granted defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment.

Order (Alexander M. Tisch, J.), dated June 16, 2015, affirmed, with $10 costs.

Given the strong public policy in favor of deciding cases on their merits, we find that Civil Court providently exercised its discretion in granting defendant's motion to vacate her default, since she established both a reasonable excuse…