Opinion
2014-01-29
SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC., respondent, v. Adam MOONEY, appellant.
John F. Clennan, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., for appellant. Jeffrey H. Ward, New York, N.Y., for respondent.
John F. Clennan, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., for appellant. Jeffrey H. Ward, New York, N.Y., for respondent.
In an action to recover damages for unjust enrichment, the defendant appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Asher, J.), dated November 1, 2012, which granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the complaint, and (2) a judgment of the same court entered November 30, 2012, which, upon the order, is in favor of the plaintiff and against him in the principal sum of $18,965.85.
ORDERED that the appeal from the order is dismissed; and it is further,
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed; and it is further,
ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the plaintiff.
The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action ( see Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248, 383 N.Y.S.2d 285, 347 N.E.2d 647). The issues raised on the appeal from the order are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment ( seeCPLR 5501[a][1] ).
“To prevail on a claim of unjust enrichment, a party must show that (1) the other party was enriched, (2) at that party's expense, and (3) that ‘it is against equity and good conscience to permit [the other party] to retain what is sought to be recovered’ ” (Citibank, N.A. v. Walker, 12 A.D.3d 480, 481, 787 N.Y.S.2d 48, quoting Paramount Film Distrib. Corp. v. State of New York, 30 N.Y.2d 415, 421, 334 N.Y.S.2d 388, 285 N.E.2d 695; see Goel v. Ramachandran, 111 A.D.3d 783, 975 N.Y.S.2d 428; Branch Servs., Inc. v. Cooper, 102 A.D.3d 645, 647, 961 N.Y.S.2d 170). Contrary to the defendant's contention, the plaintiff met its prima facie burden of demonstrating its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law through the submission of the affidavit of its vice president and documentary evidence showing that the plaintiff inadvertently paid property taxes on behalf of the defendant ( see Banco Popular N. Am. v. Lieberman, 75 A.D.3d 460, 461, 905 N.Y.S.2d 82). In opposition, the defendant failed to raise a triable issue of fact ( see Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320, 324, 508 N.Y.S.2d 923, 501 N.E.2d 572).
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the complaint. RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, HALL and ROMAN, JJ., concur.