Associate Vera Tsai forces reversal at Second Department, which vacated a client’s previous default judgment and struck the Note of Issue, resulting in a return to discovery.

From: Gartner + Bloom, P.C.

Date:   October 14, 2018

            After joining the defense for a Defendant held in default, Associate Vera Tsai successfully appealed to the Second Department. The Second Department reversed the lower court’s decision (i) vacating the default; and (ii) and striking the Note of Issue in order to permit further discovery by the client.

See the decision here.