Legal Opinion
Berardo v. Guillet
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 14, 2011PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Given “the strong public policy of this State to dispose of cases on their merits, the motion court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying defendants’ motion to vacate the default order” (Chelli v Kelly Group, P.C., 63 AD3d 632, 633 [2009] [citation omitted]), made upon a showing of excusable default and a meritorious defense (Chevalier v 368 E. 148th St. Assoc., LLC, 80 AD3d 411, 413 [2011]). Defendants demonstrated that their failure to oppose summary judgment was not willful (see DaimlerChrysler Ins. Co. v Seck, 82 AD3d 581 [2011]), and that they had no knowledge of the summary…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chevalier v. 368 E. 148th Street Associates, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Chelli v. Kelly Group, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Tat Sang Kwong v. Budge-Wood Laundry Service, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- DaimlerChrysler Insurance v. SeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. BrunoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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