Legal Opinion
Guayara v. First Rockaway Coast Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 19, 2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kelly, J.), dated July 27, 2005, which denied its motion to vacate a judgment entered upon its default in answering or appearing.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Although the defendant’s motion to vacate was made under CPLR 5015 (a), the defendant correctly contends that such a motion may be treated as a motion pursuant to CPLR 317 if the *660circumstances so warrant (see Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v A.C. Dutton Lbr. Co., 67 NY2d 138, 142-143 [1986]; New York…
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