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Hirani Construction Corp. v. New York Surety

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 9, 1998
248 A.D.2d 508 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

March 9, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kutner, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the order is vacated, and the motion is denied.

The plaintiff has failed to make a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law ( see, Winegrad v. New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 N.Y.2d 851). In support of its motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff submitted an affidavit by its president, Sarita Hirani, who claimed that pursuant to the subject subcontract, the plaintiff is owed $42,580.01. She attempted to document the sum owed by using a schedule which specified seven subsections of work to be performed (e.g., pile caps, floor beams, outside sidewalk) with corresponding fees. However, since Ms. Hirani offered no proof that this schedule of fees was accurate or that this schedule had been approved by the general contractor, her subsequent calculations using this schedule to determine the amount due are not reliable. Accordingly, the plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment should have been denied.

O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Thompson, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hirani Construction Corp. v. New York Surety

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 9, 1998
248 A.D.2d 508 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Hirani Construction Corp. v. New York Surety

Case Details

Full title:HIRANI CONSTRUCTION CORP., Respondent, v. NEW YORK SURETY COMPANY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 9, 1998

Citations

248 A.D.2d 508 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
669 N.Y.S.2d 895