Case Name: Bernhard Dreiner, Respondent, v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Co-Star Construction Co., Inc., Also Known as Co-Star Contracting Co., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-06-02
Citations: 251 A.D.2d 24
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bernhard Dreiner, Respondent, v Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Co-Star Construction Co., Inc., Also Known as Co-Star Contracting Co., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 24–25

Head Matter:
Bernhard Dreiner, Respondent, v Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., et al., Defendants, and Co-Star Construction Co., Inc., Also Known as Co-Star Contracting Co., Appellant.
[672 NYS2d 709]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Salvador Collazo, J.), entered April 24, 1997, denying the motion of defendant Co-Star Construction Co., Inc. to vacate the default judgment entered against it on June 18, 1996, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Even if we were to conclude that defendant had provided a reasonable excuse for its default, we would nonetheless affirm the denial of defendant's motion for its vacatur in light of defendant's failure to demonstrate a meritorious defense. The affidavit of defendant's president, unsupported by any documentary proof, constitutes no more than a general denial of plaintiff's allegations, and, as such, provides no basis upon which to conclude that there is merit to the defense defendant would assert (see, Peacock v Kalikow, 239 AD2d 188, 189-190). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Rubin and Williams, JJ.