Case Name: Hempstead General Hospital, Respondent, v. Merchant's Mutual Insurance Co., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-04-08
Citations: 226 A.D.2d 428
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hempstead General Hospital, Respondent, v Merchant’s Mutual Insurance Co., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 428–429

Head Matter:
Hempstead General Hospital, Respondent, v Merchant’s Mutual Insurance Co., Appellant.
[640 NYS2d 787]

Opinion:
In an action to recover benefits under a policy of no-fault insurance, the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DiNoto, J.), dated December 9, 1994, as denied its motion to vacate a judgment dated September 22, 1994, entered upon its default in answering the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The defendant failed to present a reasonable excuse for its default and failed to establish a meritorious defense. Thus, its motion to vacate the judgment entered upon its default in answering the complaint was properly denied (see, Fidelity & Deposit Co. v Andersen & Co., 60 NY2d 693, 695; Fennell v Mason, 204 AD2d 599). Miller, J. P., Joy, Hart and Krausman, JJ., concur.