JOHN QUEALY IRREVOCABLE LIFE INS. TRUST v. AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INS. CO.

150684/12. 4309B. 4309A. 4309.

151 A.D.3d 592 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 05042

58 N.Y.S.3d 26

JOHN QUEALY IRREVOCABLE LIFE INSURANCE TRUST, Appellant, v. AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

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

Decided June 20, 2017.


The motion court improvidently exercised its discretion in sua sponte granting, on default, defendant's motion to strike the complaint. Plaintiff's papers filed in motion sequence No. 1 were also "in opposition to defendant's ... motion seeking the striking of the note of issue" (mot sequence No. 2), and did address defendant's argument concerning its failure to respond to discovery requests by arguing that no discovery was required under the circumstances. Considered on...

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