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DOCUMENTS RELIED UPON BY PLAINTIFF IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE BUSINESS RECORDS EXCEPTION TO THE HEARSAY RULE, DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED IN REPLY DID NOT SATISFY PLAINTIFF’S BURDEN TO MAKE OUT A PRIMA FACIE CASE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the documentary evidence relied upon by plaintiff in this foreclosure action did not meet the criteria for the business records exception to the hearsay rule. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment should not have been granted. The court noted that documents submitted in reply could not be considered to satisfy the plaintiff’s burden of making out a prima facie case:

Although “the mere filing of papers received from other entities, even if they are retained in the regular course of business, is insufficient to qualify the documents as business records, such records are nonetheless admissible if the recipient can establish personal knowledge of the maker’s business practices and procedures, or that the records provided by the maker were incorporated into the recipient’s own records or routinely relied upon by the recipient in its business” … . While [plaintiff’s vice president] averred, inter alia, that his affidavit was based on books and records maintained by the plaintiff, he did not state that Bank of America’s records were provided to the plaintiff and incorporated into the plaintiff’s own records, or that the plaintiff routinely relied upon such records in its business, or that he had personal knowledge of Bank of America’s business practices and procedures. Thus, he failed to lay the proper foundation for admission of these records … . The affidavit and documents submitted by the plaintiff for the first time in reply to the defendants’ opposition could not be used to satisfy the plaintiff’s prima facie burden.​ Tri-State Loan Acquisitions III, LLC v Litkowski, 2019 NY Slip Op 03398, Second Dept 5-1-19

 

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