Wachtler, J. (dissenting). In my view the courts below had discretion to grant the defendant’s application to vacate the default. Although a plaintiff who has commenced an action and then neglects it cannot justifiably claim law office failure (Barasch v Micucci, 49 NY2d 594 </…
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