Case Name: Candida Taveras et al., Appellants, v. Norman W. Philibert, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-06-13
Citations: 107 A.D.3d 492
Docket Number: 
Parties: Candida Taveras et al., Appellants, v Norman W. Philibert, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 492–492

Head Matter:
Candida Taveras et al., Appellants, v Norman W. Philibert, Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)
[967 NYS2d 710]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Wooten, J.), entered October 20, 2011, which denied plaintiffs' motion to vacate an order, same court and Justice, entered November 24, 2008, granting, on plaintiffs' default, defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion court properly denied plaintiffs' CPLR 5015 (a) (1) motion to vacate the prior order, granted on plaintiffs' default. Under that statutory provision, a party seeking such relief must move to vacate the order within one year of service of the order with notice of entry (see Coba v Rai, 63 AD3d 578, 580 [1st Dept 2009]). As the movant, it was plaintiffs' burden to establish their right to the relief, including that their motion was timely made. Yet, plaintiffs do not dispute that, as found by the motion court, they received notice of entry and a copy of the prior order approximately two years before seeking vacatur. Nor can plaintiffs point to any evidence contained in the record establishing that their motion was made within one year of the date they received the order. We therefore do not reach the issues of reasonable excuse and a meritorious cause of action. Concur — Acosta, J.P., Saxe, Moskowitz, Freedman and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.