Pmr Physical Therapy, P.C. As Assignee of Thelma Hasley v Geico Gen. Ins. Co.
Motion No: 2010-02149 kc
Slip Opinion No: 2011 NY Slip Op 90992(U)
Decided on November 17, 2011
Appellate Term, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Appellate Term of the Supreme Court

of the State of New York for the 2nd, 11th & 13th judicial Districts

MARSHA L. STEINHARDT, J.P.

MICHAEL L. PESCE

MICHELLE WESTON, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

2010-02149 K C
PMR Physical Therapy, P.C. as Assignee of Thelma Hasley, Appellant, v Geico General Ins. Co., Respondent.

Motion by appellant to vacate an order of this court dated December 16, 2010, which dismissed an appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, entered March 10, 2010.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is hereby,

ORDERED that the motion is denied.

The appeal was dismissed by order of this court dated December 16, 2010. The instant motion to vacate was interposed October 11, 2011, nearly ten months later. A motion to vacate dismissal requires that the movant establish a reasonable excuse for its default as well as a meritorious cause of action (CPLR 5015 [a]; see, Eugene DiLorenzo, Inc. v AC Dutton Lbr. Co., 67 NY2d 138 [1986]). Here, appellant attributes its default to "increased workload and arbitration appearances." Even if the court were to find the proffered excuse reasonable, appellant makes no reference whatsoever to the merits of the appeal.

ENTER:

Paul Kenny

Chief Clerk