Panasia Estates, Inc. v Hudson Ins. Co., 2011 NY Slip Op 02805 [83 AD3d 454]

April 7, 2011

Appellate Division, First Department

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Peckar & Ambramson, P.C., New York (Michael S. Zicherman of counsel), for appellant.

White Fleischner & Fino, LLP, New York (Gil M. Coogler of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered June 30, 2010, which denied without prejudice plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion restored to the calendar and the matter remanded for further proceedings, including disposition of the motion on the merits, if possible, following the parties’ submission of papers.

The court erred in denying plaintiff’s properly filed summary judgment motion, absent the submission by defendant of an affidavit in opposition to the motion showing that facts essential to justify opposition may exist but cannot then be stated ( see CPLR 3212 [f]; Miller v Icon Group LLC , 77 AD3d 586 [2010]; A & E Stores, Inc. v U.S. Team, Inc. , 63 AD3d 486 [2009]). Indeed, defendant failed to make any evidentiary showing that the completion of outstanding discovery will yield material and relevant evidence. Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, DeGrasse, Freedman and Abdus-Salaam, JJ..