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Supreme Court, Richmond County, Index No. 102011/07
AppellateDivisionCase No.2010-09133
TRIBECA LENDING CORPORATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
-against-ROSEMARY CORREA,
Defendant-Respondent,
-and-AIDA CORREA, CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONSBUREAU, MARIA RUBIA and ANTONIO RUBIA,
Defendants.
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Attorneys for Defendant-Respondent
44 Wall Street, 12th FloorNew York, New York 10005(212) 766-9779
On the Brief:
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M. M
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R
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COUNTER-STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION PRESENTED............................1ARGUMENT.............................................................................................................3I. JUSTICE MALTESE DID NOT ABUSE HIS DISCRETION,UNDER THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND INTHE FURTHERANCE OF JUSTICE, IN DETERMINING THATTHE DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT HAS AN “EXCUSABLEDEFAULT” FOR THE PURPOSE OF VACATING THEPLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE...............3A. Plaintiff-Appellant misconstrues what constitutes an “excusabledefault” within the meaning of CPLR 5015(a)(1)......................................3i. Standard of Review.............................................................................4ii. Justice Maltese did not abuse his discretion in finding that theDefendant-Respondent had an “excusable default” within themeaning of CPLR 5015(a)(1) notwithstanding his finding thatthe Defendant-Respondent was personally served pursuant toCPLR 308(1).......................................................................................5iii. Justice Maltese did not abuse his discretion in basing hisfinding of an excusable default on post-judgment events..................7iv. Justice Maltese did not abuse his discretion in finding thatimproper or ineffective counsel in the residential foreclosurecontext constitutes an excusable default within the meaning of 5015(a)(1).........................................................................................10B. Plaintiff-Appellant disregards the trial court’s inherent power togrant relief from its own judgment for reasons not enumerated inCPLR 5015(a)...........................................................................................14
II. JUSTICE MALTESE DID NOT ABUSE HIS DISCRETION INDETERMINING THAT THE DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT HADA MERITORIOUS DEFENSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CPLR5015(a)...........................................................................................................16
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................18
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COUNTER-STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION PRESENTED
I. Did the Honorable Joseph J. Maltese, J.S.C., (“Justice Maltese”) abuse hisdiscretion, under the totality of the circumstances and in the furtherance of justice, in determining that Defendant-Respondent had an “excusabledefault” within the meaning of CPLR 5015(a)(1) and in light of the inherent,non-statutory power courts have to relieve parties of judgments entered on adefault? Answer: No. Justice Maltese did not abuse his discretion, underthe totality of the circumstances and in the furtherance of justice, indetermining that the Defendant-Respondent had an “excusable default”within the meaning of CPLR 5015(a)(1). Moreover, the trial court in anycase has the inherent, non-statutory power to relieve the Defendant-Respondent of the judgment of foreclosure entered on default even in theabsence of any specific grounds set forth in
CPLR 5015(a)(1) since thestatute merely codifies some principal grounds and is not
exhaustive of thecourt’s power.II. Did Justice Maltese abuse his discretion in determining that the Defendant-Respondent made a
prima facie
showing that it had meritorious defenseswarranting a vacatur of the Plaintiff-Appellant’s judgment of foreclosure?Answer: No. Justice Maltese did not abuse his discretion in finding ameritorious defense even in the absence of “admissible evidence”, since a
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Tribeca Lending Corporation v Correa-Respondent's Brief by Nicholas M. Moccia, Esq.
Issue: Whether Justice Joseph J. Maltese of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Richmond, abused his discretion in vacating a default judgment of foreclosure and sale. Answer: No, he did not.
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