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Rivera v. City of New York

117 A.D.2d 592 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1986-02-03 English

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John Rivera, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Julio Miranda, Appellant.

—In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for false arrest and assault, the defendant Miranda appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leviss, J.), dated June 14, 1984, which denied his motion to vacate a default judgment.

Order affirmed, with costs.

Since the defendant Miranda failed to set forth a meritorious defense, Special Term properly denied vacatur of the

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default judgment. Lazer, J. P., Mangano, Brown and Kooper, JJ., concur.