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NORTH FORK BANK, as Successor by Merger to NORTH FORK BANK TRUST CO., Respondent, v. FREDERICK K. MARTIN et al., Appellants.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants' attorney failed to oppose the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. This failure was part of a pattern of "repeated neglect" rather than an "isolated, inadvertent mistake" ( Chery v. Anthony, 156 A.D.2d 414, citing McCarthy v. Chef Italia, 105 A.D.2d 992). The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in concluding, under these circumstances, that there was no reasonable excuse for the default ( see also, Roussodimou v. Zafiriadis, 238 A.D.2d 568; Kolajo v. City of New York, 248 A.D.2d 512; Rock v. Schwartz, 244 A.D.2d 542).

The defendants' remaining contentions are, without merit.

Bracken, J.P., O'Brien, Sullivan and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

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NORTH FORK BANK v. MARTIN
(Jan 19, 1999)