Opinion
2001-10127
Submitted May 28, 2002
July 1, 2002.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for conversion, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.), entered October 22, 2001, which granted the defendants' motion to vacate their default in answering.
Charles T. Bistany, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant.
John N. Romano, Yonkers, N.Y., for respondents.
DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, NANCY E. SMITH, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
In support of their motion to vacate their default pursuant to CPLR 5015(a)(1), the defendants failed to demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for their default and a meritorious defense to the action (see Kolajo v. City of New York, 248 A.D.2d 512; Roussodimou v. Zafiriadis, 238 A.D.2d 568). Thus, the Supreme Court erred in granting such relief.
The defendants' remaining contentions are without merit (see Perez v. Astoria Gen. Hosp., 260 A.D.2d 457; Miles v. Blue Label Trucking, 232 A.D.2d 382; Brosnan v. Behette, 186 A.D.2d 165; Modern Indus. Bank v. Grossman, 180 Misc. 415; Lang v. Lang, 176 Misc. 213).
RITTER, J.P., ALTMAN, SMITH and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.