Case Name: William Gelfman, as Trustee of Gelfman & Birnbaum, D.D.S. Defined Contribution Profit Sharing Plan Trust, Respondent, v. Michael F. Erdheim, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-10-27
Citations: 208 A.D.2d 464
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Gelfman, as Trustee of Gelfman & Birnbaum, D.D.S. Defined Contribution Profit Sharing Plan Trust, Respondent, v Michael F. Erdheim, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 208
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
William Gelfman, as Trustee of Gelfman & Birnbaum, D.D.S. Defined Contribution Profit Sharing Plan Trust, Respondent, v Michael F. Erdheim, Appellant.
[617 NYS2d 644]

Opinion:
— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered April 14, 1993, which, inter alia, denied defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment entered against him on March 4, 1993, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to vacate the default since defendant failed to establish a meritorious defense (see, United Indus. Corp. v Shreiber, 51 AD2d 688, 689, lv dismissed 39 NY2d 1015, cert denied 429 US 1023). The promissory note, drafted by defendant, was not usurious (General Obligations Law § 5-501), does not refer to any extrinsic condition and plaintiff presented proof of execution and the failure to make payments according to the note's terms (see, Hackensack Cars v Beverly, 140 AD2d 254, lv dismissed 72 NY2d 1041). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Carro, Ellerin, Wallach and Kupferman, JJ.