Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 27, 2003 (Tamburello v. Bensonhurst Car & Limo Service, Inc.)

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendants appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Silverman, J.H.O.), entered April 12, 2002, which, upon their failure to appear or answer the complaint and upon an inquest on the issue of damages at which they appeared, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $200,000.