Mealey's (May 31, 2023, 4:39 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The owner of a 38-story Marriott Hotel in New York City is not entitled to default judgment against a subcontractor that worked on the building’s allegedly defective stucco façade and filed its answer to the owner’s complaint several months late because public policy favors deciding the case on the merits, a New York justice held (LAM Group, et al. v. Anthony T. Rinaldi LLC d/b/a/ The Rinaldi Group, et al., No. 650465/2022, N.Y. Sup., New York Co.)....