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Mermelstein v. Singer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 2011
85 A.D.3d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

Nos. 5260, 5261.

June 7, 2011.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered January 5, 2011, in plaintiff's favor, and bringing up for review, an order, same court and Justice, entered September 21, 2010, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from aforesaid order unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

Craco Ellsworth, LLP, Huntington (Andrew C. Ellsworth of counsel), for appellant.

Michael J. Petersen, Brooklyn, for respondent.

Before: Concur — Saxe, J.P., DeGrasse, Freedman, Abdus-Salaam and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.


The record demonstrates that the individual retirement account (IRA) was solely in plaintiffs name and that all the funds and securities in the account came from other IRAs solely in his name ( see Colavito v New York Organ Donor Network, Inc., 8 NY3d 43, 50). In support of her argument that her late father had some ownership interest in the account, defendant relies solely on hearsay conversations and a hearsay document, which, without more, cannot withstand summary judgment ( see Narvaez v NYRAC, 290 AD2d 400, 400-401).


Summaries of

Mermelstein v. Singer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 2011
85 A.D.3d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

Mermelstein v. Singer

Case Details

Full title:JOSEF MERMELSTEIN, Respondent, v. RENEE SINGER, Appellant

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

Date published: Jun 7, 2011

Citations

85 A.D.3d 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 4736
924 N.Y.S.2d 266

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