The motion court correctly found that while defendant's decedent offered no evidence on the issue of fault, he did show a meritorious defense on the issue of serious injury, and properly vacated his default upon a showing that his many illnesses and disabilities rendered his failure to appear excusable (CPLR 5015 [a] [1]). We have considered plaintiff's other arguments and find them...
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