| Klein v Yeshiva M'kor Chaim |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 02265 [116 AD3d 672] |
| April 2, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Maty Klein, Appellant, v Yeshiva M'kor Chaim etal., Respondents. |
—[*1] Gannon, Resenfarb, Balletti & Drossman, New York, N.Y. (Lisa L. Gokhulsingh ofcounsel), for respondents Yeshiva M'Kor Chaim and Gutman Management Co., Inc. Carman, Callahan & Ingham, LLP, Farmingdale, N.Y. (Tracy S. Reifer of counsel),for respondent Tovar Transportation, Inc.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from anorder of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated February 8, 2012, whichdenied her motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 for leave to enter a default judgment againstthe defendants upon their failure to timely appear or answer the complaint and grantedthe separate cross motions of the defendants Yeshiva M'Kor Chaim and TovarTransportation, Inc., and the defendants Yeshiva M'Kor Chaim and GutmanManagement Co., Inc., pursuant to CPLR 3012 (d) to compel the plaintiff to accept theiruntimely answers.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In light of the lack of prejudice to the plaintiff resulting from the defendants' shortdelay in answering the complaint, the lack of willfulness on the part of the defendants,the existence of potentially meritorious defenses, and the public policy favoring theresolution of cases on the merits, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretionin denying the plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 3215 for leave to enter a defaultjudgment against the defendants and in granting the defendants' separate cross motionspursuant to CPLR 3012 (d) to compel the plaintiff to accept their untimely answers(see CPLR 2004, 3012 [d]; Vellucci v Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 102 AD3d 767,767-768 [2013]; Arias v FirstPresbyt. Church in Jamaica, 97 AD3d 712, 713 [2012]; Covaci v Whitestone Constr.Corp., 78 AD3d 1108 [2010]). Balkin, J.P., Lott, Roman and Miller, JJ., concur.