TRAWALLY v. EAST CLARKE REALTY CORP.

20156/96, 6345N, 6346N, 25939/99.

92 A.D.3d 471 (2012)

937 N.Y.S.2d 851

2012 NY Slip Op 898

MAHAMADU TRAWALLY et al., Plaintiffs, v. EAST CLARKE REALTY CORP. et al., Defendants. MAHAMADU TRAWALLY et al., Appellants, v. 41 ELLIOT PLACE CORP. et al., Defendants, and 41 INC. et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 9, 2012.


Defendants moved pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1) to vacate the order striking their answer. A party seeking such relief must establish a reasonable excuse for its underlying default as well as a meritorious defense (see Ogen v Nordstrom, 85 A.D.3d 552 [2011]). Defendants' purported showing of a meritorious defense was insufficient because it was based on the affirmation of an attorney who had no personal knowledge of the facts alleged...

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