DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the action is restored to the trial calendar.
A case dismissed pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.27 may be restored only if the plaintiff can demonstrate both a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious cause of action ( see CPLR 5015[a][1]; Lopez v. Imperial Delivery Serv., 282 A.D.2d 190, 197). Such a motion must be made within one year after service of the order or judgment entered upon the default ( see CPLR 5015[a][1]). In this case, the plaintiff made a timely motion to restore the action to the trial calendar. In addition, the plaintiff set forth a meritorious cause of action in his affidavit of merit, and the temporary inability of counsel to contact his client constituted a reasonable excuse for the default.
RITTER, J.P., SMITH, FRIEDMANN, H. MILLER and CRANE, JJ., concur.