Legal Opinion
Mary Immaculate Hospital v. New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 2002PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover no-fault medical payments under an insurance contract, the defendant appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Burke, J.), dated October 2, 2001, as denied that branch of its motion which was to vacate a judgment of the same court entered March 8, 2001, upon its default in answering the complaint.
*386Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On a motion to vacate a default pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1), a movant must demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious cause of…
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