| Montemarano v Capani Mgt. |
| 2007 NY Slip Op 52296(U) [17 Misc 3d 137(A)] |
| Decided on November 21, 2007 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Peter Paul
Sweeney, J.), dated June 29, 2006. The order, following an inquest, denied plaintiff's application
to enter a default judgment and dismissed the complaint.
Order affirmed without costs.
Upon an application to enter a default judgment, the court below conducted an inquest at which it permitted plaintiff to give extensive narrative testimony regarding her claims against defendants herein, and afforded her an additional 60 days to submit any other documentary evidence in support of her claim (see generally Uniform Rules for NY City Civ Ct [22 NYCRR] § 208.32).
It is well settled that [w]here a valid cause of action is not stated, the party moving for judgment is not entitled to the requested relief, even on default" (Green v Dolphy Constr. Co., 187 AD2d 635 [1992]; see also Dyno v Rose, 260 AD2d 694, 698 [1999]). In our opinion, the court properly found that plaintiff failed to demonstrate that she had a viable cause of action against defendants. Accordingly, the court did not err in denying plaintiff's application for a default judgment and dismissing the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.
Weston Patterson, J.P., Golia and Belen, JJ., concur.
Decision Date: November 21, 2007