Case Name: Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant, v. North River Insurance Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-10-24
Citations: 143 A.D.2d 869
Docket Number: 
Parties: Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant, v North River Insurance Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 869–869

Head Matter:
Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant, v North River Insurance Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
In an action for a judgment declaring that the defendant is obligated, inter alia, to defend and indemnify the plaintiff in a certain action, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vinik, J.), dated August 10, 1987, which denied its motion for leave to enter a default judgment against the defendant.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly exercised its discretion in vacating the defendant's default in answering the complaint, since both a satisfactory excuse and a meritorious defense were shown. Thompson, J. P., Lawrence, Rubin, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.