Case ID: ad2d_179/html/0561-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Manhattan Vermeer Company, Respondent, v Gerald Guterman et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
   It is within the IAS court’s discretion to determine whether or not a party who claims not to have been properly served has shown a reasonable excuse for the default (see, Orimex Trading v Berman, 168 AD2d 263). Here, the record supports the IAS court’s conclusion that the appealing defendants did not show a reasonable excuse for their default, and indeed that the default was deliberate. Accordingly, the motion to vacate the default was properly denied. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Ellerin, Ross and Kassal, JJ.