Saks v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- Orlowski v. Wolchok (New York Supreme Court, New York County 2024)
- Nedeltcheva v. MTE Transp. Corp. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. v. United General Title Insurance (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2015)
- Archer v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2014)
- Archer v. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corp. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2014)
- Triangle Properties 2, LLC v. Narang (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2010)
- Beltre v. Babu (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2006)
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Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered September 4, 2001, which denied plaintiff’s motion for a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The motion was properly denied on the ground that a complaint verified by counsel who does not claim personal knowledge of the facts is insufficient to support a default judgment (see Francisco v Soto, 286 AD2d 573 [2001]). Absent a complaint or affidavit sworn to by a person with personal knowledge of the facts, defendants were not required to show either a reasonable excuse or a meritorious defense (see Wood-
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