Matos v. Scoppetta

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dianne T. Renwick, J.), entered April 4, 2003, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision, granted defendant’s motion to renew plaintiffs prior motion for partial summary judgment, and, upon renewal, denied the motion, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant’s excuse for not submitting an affidavit of merit in *330opposition to plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment is that he relocated to Florida some three weeks before the motion was made, and failed to advise his attorney thereof until at or about the time…