Opinion
2007-1332 S C.
Decided November 26, 2008.
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Suffolk County, Third District (C. Steven Hackeling, J.), entered September 27, 2006. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, dismissed the action.
Judgment affirmed without costs.
PRESENT: RUDOLPH, P.J., McCABE and MOLIA, JJ.
In this small claims action to recover the sum of $5,000 for property damage, the record reveals that plaintiff failed to prove damages pursuant to UDCA 1804. Plaintiff only submitted one itemized estimate of the damage to his vehicle. Accordingly, in finding in favor of defendant dismissing the action, the trial court properly rendered its judgment providing the parties with substantial justice according to the rules and principles of substantive law (UDCA 1804, 1807; see Ross v Friedman, 269 AD2d 584; Williams v Roper, 269 AD2d 125, 126).
The judgment is, therefore, affirmed.
Rudolph, P.J., McCabe and Molia, JJ., concur.