Case Name: Mary M. Gavalas, Respondent, v. D. Podelson et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-09-17
Citations: 297 A.D.2d 535
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary M. Gavalas, Respondent, v D. Podelson et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 297
Pages: 535–536

Head Matter:
Mary M. Gavalas, Respondent, v D. Podelson et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
[746 NYS2d 902]

Opinion:
A default judgment was not pursued within one year of the defendants-appellants' failure to respond to plaintiffs summons with notice. Thereafter, in response to defendants-appellants' resulting motion to dismiss, the standard was not met pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c). Therefore, the Supreme Court should have granted defendants-appellants' motion and dismissed the underlying action insofar as asserted against them (see Hoppenfeld v Hoppenfeld, 220 AD2d 302; contrast Truong v All Pro Air Delivery, 278 AD2d 45). Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Sullivan, Rosenberger and Marlow, JJ.