Paige v. New York City Transit Authority

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.), dated October 30, 2002, which, inter alia, granted the plaintiffs motion for leave to enter a judgment against it upon its failure to appear or answer, and (2), as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the same court dated April 28, 2003, as, in effect, upon reargument and renewal, adhered to the original determination and denied those branches of its motion which were to vacate its default and to compel the plaintiff to accept its…