BROWN v. ANDREOLI

4269N, 601239/07.

81 A.D.3d 498 (2011)

917 N.Y.S.2d 557

JOHN M. BROWN, Respondent, v. TERESA A. ANDREOLI, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided February 15, 2011.


Plaintiff failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for failing to move for a default judgment until more than one year after defendant's time to answer had expired (see CPLR 3215 [c]; Mejia-Ortiz v Inoa, 71 A.D.3d 517 [2010]). Counsel's proffered explanation for the delay in moving for a default judgment, namely health problems, did not constitute a reasonable excuse since those health problems occurred outside the one...

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