Case Name: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Respondent, v. Douglas Michelson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-05-22
Citations: 283 A.D.2d 311
Docket Number: 
Parties: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Respondent, v Douglas Michelson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 283
Pages: 311–311

Head Matter:
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Respondent, v Douglas Michelson, Appellant.
[724 NYS2d 843]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barry Cozier, J.), entered on or about April 3, 2000, which vacated a default judgment, previously entered against defendant upon his failure to appear at a compliance conference, on the conditions that he be precluded from conducting any further disclosure, that his counterclaims be stricken and that costs of $500 and a previously imposed sanction of $500 be paid within 10 days, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The conditions were a proper exercise of discretion in view of defendant's longstanding dilatory conduct in responding to and initiating disclosure and not attending conferences (see Glasburgh v Port Auth., 193 AD2d 441), and his failure to show that his counterclaims are meritorious. Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Tom, Andrias, Rubin and Marlow, JJ.