Ventura v Ahmed
2026 NY Slip Op 02478 [248 AD3d 679]
April 23, 2026
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Christina Ventura, Appellant,
v
Zuel Ahmed, Respondent.
April 23, 2026
HEADNOTES
Appeal — Matters Appealable — Order upon Default
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff, PLLC, New York (Michael Sanders of counsel), for appellant.
Marjorie E. Bornes, Freeport, for respondent.
Appeal from order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fernando Tapia, J.), entered on or about April 9, 2025, which granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint for lack of a serious injury within the meaning of Insurance Law § 5102 (d), unanimously dismissed, without costs, as taken from a nonappealable paper.
No appeal lies as of right from an order entered on a party's default (see CPLR 5511). Although plaintiff purported to file papers opposing defendant's motion, the order granting summary judgment to defendant rejected those papers as untimely and indicated that it granted defendant's motion because of plaintiff's default in responding (see Estrella v 20 Bruckner, LLC, 247 AD3d 524, 2026 NY Slip Op 01453 [1st Dept 2026]). Accordingly, plaintiff's proper remedy was to move to vacate her default and appeal the denial of that motion (see e.g. Matter of Diamonds R-Us Ltd. v Rafaello & Co. Inc., 238 AD3d 664, 664-665 [1st Dept 2025]; Manrique v Delgado, 195 AD3d 554 [1st Dept 2021]).
In light of the foregoing, we decline to consider plaintiff's remaining arguments concerning the merits of the motion. Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kennedy, González, Pitt-Burke, Rosado, JJ.