FRANCIS v. LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL


45 A.D.3d 529 (2007)

844 N.Y.S.2d 721

BRUCE FRANCIS, Respondent, v. LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided November 7, 2007.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, with one bill of costs, and the plaintiff's motion is denied.

In order to vacate his default in appearing on a scheduled conference date, the plaintiff was required to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for his failure to appear and a meritorious cause of action (see McClaren v Bell Atl., 30 A.D.3d 569 [2006]; Kein v Zeno,

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