A corporation's failure to file a change of address with the Secretary of State does not constitute a per se barrier to vacatur of a default judgment pursuant to CPLR 317, which permits a defendant who has been "served with a summons other than by personal delivery" and "who does not appear" to defend the action "upon a finding of the court that he did not personally receive notice of the summons in time to defend and has a meritorious defense" (see Eugene Di Lorenzo,...
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