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MUSEUM TRADING CO., APPELLANT, v. BRYAN BANTRY, RESPONDENT, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated insofar as asserted against the defendant Bryan Bantry.

The Supreme Court erred in granting the motion of the defendant Bryan Bantry (hereinafter the defendant) pursuant to CPLR 3211 to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against him. To the extent that the motion is considered to have been made pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(1), "the documentary evidence that forms the basis of the defense must be such that it resolves all factual issues as a matter of law, and conclusively disposes of the plaintiff's claim" (Scadura v. Robillard, 256 A.D.2d 567; see, Leon v. Martinez, 84 N.Y.2d 83, 87-88; Kalivia Food Corp. v. Hunts Point Coop. Mkt., 244 A.D.2d 460). Here, the documentary evidence submitted by the defendant did not resolve all factual issues as a matter of law.

To the extent that the motion is considered to have been made pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7), the defendant's evidentiary submissions failed to show that a material fact alleged by the plaintiff to be true "[was] not a fact at all" and that "no significant dispute exist[ed] regarding it" (Guggenheimer v. Ginzburg, 43 N.Y.2d 268, 275; see, Adams v. O'Connor, 245 A.D.2d 537; CD Music Co. v. Bassline, Inc., 242 A.D.2d 654; Williams v. New York City Hous. Auth., 238 A.D.2d 413; Jacobs v. Haber, 232 A.D.2d 372).

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MUSEUM TRADING CO. v. BANTRY
(Mar 19, 2001)