A state appeals court has tossed aside a home care services company’s attempt to reverse a $109,619 default judgment against it for not paying for accounting work, writing that “conclusory and unsubstantiated allegations of law office failure are insufficient to constitute a reasonable excuse.”

“Although a court has discretion to accept law office failure as a reasonable excuse where the claim is supported by a detailed and credible explanation of the default, conclusory and unsubstantiated allegations … are insufficient,” wrote the Appellate Division, Second Department court in turning back the postdefault appeal of Excellent Home Care Services, which, according to website information, is based in Brooklyn and services much of New York’s metropolitan area.

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