Opinion
8094N Index 304367/10
01-10-2019
Jose Luis DIAZ, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Gary PERLSON, Defendant–Respondent.
Raiser & Kenniff, P.C., Mineola (Ethan D. Irwin of counsel), for appellant. Bader & Yakaitis, LLP, New York (Jeffrey W. Bader of counsel), for respondent.
Raiser & Kenniff, P.C., Mineola (Ethan D. Irwin of counsel), for appellant.
Bader & Yakaitis, LLP, New York (Jeffrey W. Bader of counsel), for respondent.
Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Manzanet–Daniels, Webber, Kahn, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth L. Thompson, Jr., J.), entered on or about June 7, 2017, which denied plaintiff's motion to vacate a prior order dismissing the action for failure to appear at a court conference, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
"A motion to vacate a dismissal for failure to appear at a scheduled court conference ( 22 NYCRR 202.27 ) must be supported by a showing of reasonable excuse for the failure to attend the conference and a meritorious cause of action" ( Biton v. Turco, 88 A.D.3d 519, 519, 930 N.Y.S.2d 876 [1st Dept. 2011] ). Even assuming that plaintiff set forth a reasonable excuse for the failure to appear at the conference, the court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion since plaintiff failed to show a meritorious cause of action (see e.g. Barclay v. Etim, 129 A.D.3d 591, 10 N.Y.S.3d 440 [1st Dept. 2015], lv dismissed 28 N.Y.3d 948, 38 N.Y.S.3d 517, 60 N.E.3d 412 [2016] ).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them unavailing.