March 19, 2007
Great Wall Acupuncture v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2007 NY Slip Op 50538(U))
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- Decided
- March 19, 2007
- Citation
- 2007 NY Slip Op 50538(U) · 15 Misc 3d 127(A)
- Posture
- Summary judgment
- Outcome
- Insurer prevailed
- Legal questions
- Claimant's prima facie case on motions (see the maps)
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Summary
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Reported in New York Official Reports at Great Wall Acupuncture v American Tr. Ins. Co. (2007 NY Slip Op 50538(U))
| Great Wall Acupuncture v American Tr. Ins. Co. |
| 2007 NY Slip Op 50538(U) [15 Misc 3d 127(A)] |
| Decided on March 19, 2007 |
| Appellate Term, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPELLATE TERM: 2nd and 11th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : PESCE, P.J., GOLIA and RIOS, JJ
2006-340 K C.
against
American Transit Ins. Co., Respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Arlene Bluth, J.), entered November 10, 2005. The order denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.
Order affirmed without costs.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was supported by an “affirmation” from plaintiff’s counsel, an affidavit by an employee of plaintiff, and various documents annexed thereto. The affidavit executed by plaintiff’s employee stated in a conclusory manner that the documents attached to plaintiff’s motion papers were plaintiff’s
business records. The court below denied the motion on the ground that plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case because the affidavit executed by plaintiff’s employee was legally insufficient. Plaintiff appeals from the denial of its motion for summary judgment.
Inasmuch as the affidavit submitted by plaintiff’s employee was insufficient to establish that said employee possessed personal knowledge of plaintiff’s practices and procedures so as to lay a foundation for the admission, as business records, of the documents annexed to plaintiff’s moving papers, plaintiff failed to make a prima facie showing of its entitlement to summary [*2]judgment (Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320 [1986]; see Dan Med., P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 14 Misc 3d 44 [App Term, 2d & 11th Jud Dists 2006]). Consequently, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was properly denied.
Pesce, P.J., Golia and Rios, JJ., concur.
Legal questions
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On summary judgment or another pretrial motion, what must a no-fault claimant show to establish its prima facie case?
This decision: Insufficient: claim forms not shown admissible as business records / merits of claim not proved
Held the provider failed its prima facie showing because its employee's affidavit, conclusorily calling the documents business records, did not show personal knowledge of the provider's practices to lay a business-records foundation.
Of the 1,065 decisions on this question in the Second Department courts and the Court of Appeals, 208 (this one included) are in the same category.
Cited in this decision
A label shows how this decision treated the case it cites.
- Dan Med., P.C. v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (2006 NY Slip Op 26483) FollowedThe provider failed to establish its prima facie case because its corporate officer did not lay a business-records foundation for the claim documents.
Similar decisions
- Great Wall Acupuncture, P.C. v Travelers Prop. Cas. (2007 NY Slip Op 51969(U))The provider's employee failed to establish a business-records foundation for the bills supporting its summary judgment motion.
- Great Wall Acupuncture v Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2007 NY Slip Op 50676(U))The provider failed to establish a business-records foundation through its employee's affidavit and did not make a prima facie showing.
- Great Wall Acupuncture v New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (2007 NY Slip Op 50364(U))The provider's conclusory employee affidavit failed to establish the business-records foundation required for summary judgment.
- First Help Acupuncture, P.C. v General Assur. Co. (2007 NY Slip Op 50859(U))The provider's employee failed to establish personal knowledge sufficient to admit the motion's supporting documents as business records.
- Great Wall Acupuncture v Peerless Ins. Co. (2007 NY Slip Op 51606(U))The insurer failed to raise a triable coverage issue on its defense that the insured vehicle was not involved in the accident.