Thattil v. Mondesir

*810In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Goldstein, J.), dated July 10, 1997, which denied that branch of his motion which was for leave to enter a judgment on the issue of liability against the defendant Franc Belizaire upon his failure to appear and answer the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the plaintiff’s motion for leave to enter a judgment on the issue of liability against the defendant Franc Belizaire is granted.

In support of his motion for leave to enter a…