Case Name: Provident Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Herman Hersko, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-01-13
Citations: 246 A.D.2d 365
Docket Number: 
Parties: Provident Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellant, v Herman Hersko, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 246
Pages: 365–365

Head Matter:
Provident Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellant, v Herman Hersko, Respondent.
[666 NYS2d 419]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered on or about July 3,1997, which granted defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The motion court properly exercised its discretion in finding that defendant showed a reasonable excuse for the default (see, Hunter v Enquirer/Star, Inc., 210 AD2d 32), and that his affidavit of merit was sufficient (see, Mufalli v Ford Motor Co., 105 AD2d 642, 643). The record indicates issues as to whether defendant did, in fact, fail to provide accurate, material information that he was under a duty to provide and whether such nondisclosure, if any, affected plaintiff's decision to issue the insurance policy in question (see, Smirlock Realty Corp. v Title Guar. Co., 52 NY2d 179, 187). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Milonas, Ellerin, Nardelli and Mazzarelli, JJ.