Brenner v. Sweizer

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Conway, J.), entered June 7,1984 in Rensselaer County, which denied defendant’s motion to vacate a default judgment.

In October of 1975, plaintiffs brought an opal ring to defendant for repairs. Plaintiffs allege that defendant damaged one of the opals in attempting to repair the ring and did not satisfactorily replace it. An arbitration proceeding resulted in a decision awarding plaintiffs $200 and directing defendant to return the ring. Unsatisfied with this result, defendant demanded a trial. An action was commenced in Supreme Court…