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Harley v. Stewart

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 2004
5 A.D.3d 437 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

2003-03614.

Decided March 8, 2004.

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for negligence, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated February 4, 2003, as denied his motion pursuant to CPLR 3215(a) for leave to enter judgment upon the defendants' default in answering the complaint.

Clarence Harley, New York, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, WILLIAM F. MASTRO, JJ.


DECISION ORDER


ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the plaintiff's motion for leave to enter a default judgment against the defendants.

ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN and MASTRO, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Harley v. Stewart

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 8, 2004
5 A.D.3d 437 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Harley v. Stewart

Case Details

Full title:CLARENCE HARLEY, appellant, v. DONALD STEWART, ET AL., respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 8, 2004

Citations

5 A.D.3d 437 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
772 N.Y.S.2d 574

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