Opinion
2006-648 Q C.
Decided on June 1, 2007.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Edgar G. Walker, J.), entered on March 22, 2005. The order denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment.
Order modified by denying defendant's cross motion for summary judgment; as so modified, affirmed without costs.
PRESENT: GOLIA, J.P., RIOS AND BELEN, JJ.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was supported by an "affidavit" by a corporate officer of plaintiff, and various documents annexed thereto. We agree with the court's conclusion that the "affidavit" suffered from multiple defects, such that it cannot be determined that the affidavit was properly sworn to, thereby rendering it insufficient to establish plaintiff's entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Consequently, plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was properly denied.
Defendant's cross motion for summary judgment was premised upon the allegation that plaintiff's assignor was injured, if at all, in a staged accident. However, defendant did not prove, as a matter of law, that the alleged injuries did not arise out of an insured incident ( see Central Gen. Hosp. v Chubb Group of Ins. Cos., 90 NY2d 195, 199; Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557). As a result, defendant's cross motion seeking summary judgment should have been denied.
Golia, J.P., Rios and Belen, JJ., concur.