United Custom Made Furniture, Inc. v. Fishkin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

United Custom Made Furniture, Inc. v. Fishkin

4 A.D.3d 412, 771 N.Y.S.2d 371

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedFebruary 9, 2004

StatusPublished

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United Custom Made Furniture, Inc. v. Fishkin, 4 A.D.3d 412, 771 N.Y.S.2d 371 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2004).

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In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for injury to property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Price, J.), dated May 2, 2002, which denied its motion for leave to enter judgment against the defendants upon their default in appearing and answering and granted the cross motion of the defendants Angelo Tomasi and Al Italia Construction to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c).

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

It is undisputed that the plaintiff failed to move for leave to enter judgment within one year after the defendants’ alleged default in appearing or answering, as required by CPLR 3215 (c). Under the circumstances of this case, the claimed law office failure on the part of the plaintiffs attorney was insufficient to excuse the untimely motion or to demonstrate why the complaint should not be dismissed (see Opia v Chukwu, 278 AD2d 394 [2000]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion in denying the motion and in granting the cross motion of the defendants Angelo Tomasi and Al Italia Construction to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c). Ritter, J.P., S. Miller, Townes, Crane and Rivera, JJ., concur.

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In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for injury to property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Price, J.), dated May 2, 2002, which denied its motion for leave to enter judgment against the defendants upon their default in appearing and answering and granted the cross motion of the defendants Angelo Tomasi and Al Italia Construction to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c).

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

It is undisputed that the plaintiff failed to move for leave to enter judgment within one year after the defendants’ alleged default in appearing or answering, as required by CPLR 3215 (c). Under the circumstances of this case, the claimed law office failure on the part of the plaintiffs attorney was insufficient to excuse the untimely motion or to demonstrate why the complaint should not be dismissed (see Opia v Chukwu, 278 AD2d 394 [2000]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion in denying the motion and in granting the cross motion of the defendants Angelo Tomasi and Al Italia Construction to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c). Ritter, J.P., S. Miller, Townes, Crane and Rivera, JJ., concur.

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