Case Name: New York Life Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Taren Washington, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-11-18
Citations: 198 A.D.2d 128
Docket Number: 
Parties: New York Life Insurance Company, Appellant, v Taren Washington, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 198
Pages: 128–129

Head Matter:
New York Life Insurance Company, Appellant, v Taren Washington, Respondent.
[604 NYS2d 733]

Opinion:
—Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered June 9, 1992, which granted defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment entered against her, is unanimously reversed, without costs or disbursements, on the law and facts and in the exercise of discretion, unless defendant pays to plaintiff personally the sum of $1000, in which case, the said order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The IAS Court did not abuse its discretion in vacating the default judgment and finding that defendant furnished a reasonable excuse for her default and demonstrated a meritorious defense. However, under the circumstances herein, we find that such vacatur should have been conditioned on the payment of $1000 to the plaintiff by the defendant personally. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Ross and Asch, JJ.