Case Name: M & M Sanitation Corp., Respondent, v. One Abington Square Food & Oriental Gift Corporation, Doing Business as Opera Food, Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-06-19
Citations: 240 A.D.2d 300
Docket Number: 
Parties: M & M Sanitation Corp., Respondent, v One Abington Square Food & Oriental Gift Corporation, Doing Business as Opera Food, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 300–300

Head Matter:
M & M Sanitation Corp., Respondent, v One Abington Square Food & Oriental Gift Corporation, Doing Business as Opera Food, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
[659 NYS2d 744]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered October 18, 1996, which denied defendant-appellant's motion to vacate the default judgment entered against it, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
A party seeking to vacate a default judgment must establish the existence of both a meritorious claim or defense and a reasonable excuse for the default (Gray v B. R. Trucking Co., 59 NY2d 649). The IAS Court properly found that defendant failed to show either. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Ellerin, Williams and Colabella, JJ.