| Yuan v Kaplan |
| 2015 NY Slip Op 04637 [129 AD3d 714] |
| June 3, 2015 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| Theresa Yuan, Appellant, v Theodore P.Kaplan et al., Respondents. |
Steven A. Morelli, P.C., Garden City, N.Y. (Joshua Beldner of counsel), forappellant.
Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP, New York, N.Y. (Andrew S. Kowlowitz andCaroline M. Freilich of counsel), for respondents.
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty,the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (BrathwaiteNelson, J.), dated March 21, 2013, which granted the defendants' unopposed motionpursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause ofaction.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, with costs.
The plaintiff did not submit papers to the Supreme Court in opposition to thedefendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the complaint for failure tostate a cause of action, and the motion was granted on default. No appeal lies from anorder or judgment granted upon the default of the appealing party (see CPLR5511; Reynolds v Haiduk,120 AD3d 656 [2014]; HCA Equip. Fin., LLC v Mastrantone, 118 AD3d 850[2014]; J.F.J. Fuel, Inc. v TranCamp Contr. Corp., 105 AD3d 908 [2013]). Since the order appealed from wasentered upon the plaintiff's default in opposing the motion, the appeal must be dismissed(see Lumbermen's Mut. Cas. Co. v Fireman's Fund Am. Ins. Co., 117 AD2d 588[1986]). Skelos, J.P., Dickerson, Miller and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.