Estate of Taylor v. Moreno — 294 A.D.2d 821

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Estate of Frank Taylor, Deceased, by Winthrop H. Phelps, as Executor, Appellant, v Prescilla O. Moreno, Respondent.

[740 NYS2d 899]

—Appeal from an order of Supreme

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Court, Erie County (Doyle, J.), entered March 2, 2001, which granted defendant’s motion to vacate a default judgment.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed with costs.

Memorandum: Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in granting the motion of defendant to vacate a default judgment entered against her as a consequence of her failure to answer the complaint (see Smith v Smith, 291 AD2d 828 ; Steinbarth v Otis El. Co., 244 AD2d 930 ). Defendant demonstrated both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense to the action (see Marchionda & Assoc. v Maximum Express Delivery, 213 AD2d 1071 ; see generally Di Lorenzo, Inc. v Dutton Lbr. Co., 67 NY2d 138 , 141; Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. v Andersen & Co., 60 NY2d 693 , 695). Present—Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Lawton, JJ.

Cases cited

Steve Marchionda & Associates, Inc. v. Maximum Express Delivery, Inc. 213 AD2d 1071 N.Y. App. Div. 1995-03-17 p. 822
Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v. A. C. Dutton Lumber Co. 67 NY2d 138 N.Y. 1986-03-27 at 141 p. 822
Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Arthur Andersen & Co. 60 NY2d 693 N.Y. 1983-09-29 at 695 p. 822