Reilly-Whiteman, Inc. v. Cherry Hill Textiles, Inc., 191 A.D.2d 486 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993). · Go Syfert
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Corp. v Girault, 60 AD3d at 985 ; Reilly-Whiteman, Inc. v Cherry Hill Textiles, 191 AD2d 486, 487 [1993]; Lener v Club Med, 168 AD2d 433, 435 [1990]; Smith v Pope, 72 AD2d 913 [1979]).
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The affidavit of merit submitted in support of the plaintiffs’ motion to vacate was devoid of any evidentiary facts or detail regarding the defendant’s alleged acts of negligence (see Smith v City of New York, 237 AD2d 344, 345 [1997]; Reilly-Whiteman, Inc. v Cherry Hill Textiles, 191 AD2d 486, 487 [1993]; Lener v Club Med, 168 AD2d 433, 435 [1990]), and the complaint, which also contained conclusory assertions, was verified by the plaintiffs’ attorney and not by an individual with personal knowledge (see McKenna v Solomon, 255 AD2d 496, 496-497 [1998]; Terranova v Gallagher Truck Ctr., …
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Moreover, the defendant’s conclusory allegations of breach of the noncompetition clause in the parties’ stock purchase agreement did not demonstrate the existence of a meritorious defense to his default under the separate obligations set forth in the promissory note (see Neuhaus v McGovern, 293 AD2d 727, 728 [2002]; Reilly-Whiteman, Inc. v Cherry Hill Textiles, 191 AD2d 486, 487 [1993]; Lener v Club Med, 168 AD2d 433, 435 [1990]; Caton v Lloyd, 138 AD2d 442 [1988]; cf. Vecchio v Colangelo, 274 AD2d 469, 471 [2000]).
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Reilly-Whiteman, Inc.
v.
Cherry Hill Textiles, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Mar 8, 1993.
191 A.D.2d 486
1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2101
Cited by 7 opinions  |  Published

—In an action to recover for goods sold and delivered, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Golden, J.), dated March 5, 1991, which, inter alia, granted the defendant’s motion to vacate a judgment of the same court, entered January 2, 1991, upon the defendant’s default in answering, and gave the defendant leave to interpose an answer.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendant’s motion is denied.

[*487] It is well-settled that a party seeking leave to open a default judgment must, inter alia, establish a meritorious defense (see, Di Lorenzo, Inc. v Dutton Lbr. Co., 67 NY2d 138, 141; Gray v B. R. Trucking Co., 59 NY2d 649, 650). Although the law favors resolution of cases on the merits (see, Charmer Indus. v 71 Grand Liq. Corp., 128 AD2d 825), the defendant failed to allege facts sufficient to establish the existence of a meritorious defense. The affidavit in support of the defendant’s motion to vacate its default contained conclusory assertions of defects in the dyes sold and delivered to it by the plaintiff, without any evidentiary support (see, Lener v Club Med, 168 AD2d 433; Amity Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp. v Zito Plumbing & Heating Corp., 110 AD2d 863). Accordingly, its motion to vacate the default judgment is denied. Bracken, J. P., Lawrence, Eiber and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.