First Commerce Ltd. v. Renanim Manhattan Inc.

First Commerce Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant,

against

Renanim Manhattan Inc., Defendant-Respondent.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Carol R. Sharpe, J.), entered December 11, 2017, which granted defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment.

Order (Carol R. Sharpe, J.), entered December 11, 2017, 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 the default judgment. Defendant's failure…