STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. CASTILLO


287 A.D.2d 706 (2001)

732 N.Y.S.2d 181

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent, v. DAVID CASTILLO, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided October 29, 2001.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, the judgment dated August 29, 2000, is vacated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith.

The Supreme Court erred in denying the appellant's motion to vacate the default judgment as he demonstrated both a reasonable excuse for his default and a meritorious defense to the...

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