Embezzler Fails To Assert Reasonable Excuse For Not Responding To Insurer’s Complaint

Mealey's (February 12, 2021, 11:16 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York justice on Feb. 1 refused to vacate a default judgment entered against the former employee of a restaurant insured in an insurer’s subrogation lawsuit seeking to recover the $200,000 it paid the insured for its loss after the employee embezzled $566,503 from its Brooklyn restaurant, finding that the defendant failed to assert any reasonable excuse for not responding to the insurer’s complaint....