Caso v. Manmall, Inc.

*471Plaintiffs attorney, who had appeared at all prior conferences, including the April 20, 2007 compliance conference at which the May 25, 2007 date for a further compliance conference was set, provided a reasonable excuse for his failure to appear at the May 25 conference, namely, that the May 25 date was not set forth in the April 20 conference order, and that he either did not hear the May 25 date orally announced at the April 20 conference, or, if he heard it, he forgot it because he neglected to write it down (see Mediavilla v Gurman, 272 AD2d 146 [2000]). The delay caused by plaintiffs…