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PROOF OF STANDING DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUSINESS RECORDS EXCEPTION TO THE HEARSAY RULE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the evidence of standing did not meet the business record exception to the hearsay rule:

Here, since Thrasher [plaintiff’s loan officer] did not allege that she was personally familiar with the plaintiff’s record-keeping practices and procedures, a proper foundation for the admission of the records was not provided, rendering them inadmissible to establish that the subject note was possessed by or assigned to the plaintiff prior to the commencement of the action. Moreover, even if a proper foundation had been set forth in the Thrasher affidavit, Thrasher’s assertions as to the contents of the records is inadmissible hearsay to the extent that the records she purports to describe were not submitted with her affidavit. While a witness may read into the record from the contents of a document which has been admitted into evidence … , a witness’s description of a document not admitted into evidence is hearsay (seeCPLR 4518[a]…). Furthermore, although the plaintiff submitted an endorsed copy of the note in support of its motion for summary judgment, after having appended an unendorsed copy of the note to the complaint, the plaintiff failed to eliminate a triable issue of fact as to whether the plaintiff was in possession of the original note at the time the action was commenced … . U.S. Bank Natl. Assn. v 22 S. Madison, LLC, 2019 NY Slip Op 01635, Second Dept 3-6-19

 

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