Defendants proffered a reasonable excuse for their delay in responding to plaintiff's complaint by submitting an affidavit from their President and CEO, averring that they never received a copy of the summons and complaint that was served on the Secretary of State in August 2019, and only became aware of the lawsuit in October 2019 when the summons and complaint were mailed to their former employee (see CPLR 3012[d]; Merling Marx & Seidman v Repo Auto Warehouse...
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