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BECKER v. BABYLON TRANSIT INC.

90 A.D.2d 815 (1982)

Veronica Becker, Appellant, v. Babylon Transit Inc., et al., Defendants, and Inter County Motor Coach Corp., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 22, 1982

Order reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, and motion denied.

To vacate a default judgment, a defendant must demonstrate a reasonable excuse for the default and make a prima facie showing of legal merit. Law office failure, as a matter of law, is an insufficient excuse for the purpose of supporting a motion to vacate a default judgment (see Barasch v Micucci, 49 N.Y.2d 594; Eaton v Equitable Life Assur...

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