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HEARSAY STATEMENTS IN AN UNCERTIFIED, UNAUTHENTICATED REPORT FOR WHICH NO FOUNDATION WAS PROVIDED DID NOT CREATE AN ISSUE OF FACT (FIRST DEPT).

The Frist Department, reversing Supreme Court in this hit and run traffic accident case, noted that hearsay statements in the Prehospital Care Report, which was not certified or authenticated, did not create an issue of fact:

The court improperly denied petitioner’s motion based on hearsay statements in the Prehospital Care Report, as the report was not certified or authenticated and no proper foundation was provided for it … . Therefore, the statements in the Prehospital Care Report cannot create an issue of fact. Even if it were appropriate to consider the report, it would “merely present[] an issue of fact to be resolved in the plenary action” since it is contradicted by the allegations in the petition, petitioner’s affidavit, the Household Affidavit, the motor vehicle accident report, and petitioner’s deposition testimony concerning whether there was contact between his bicycle and the hit and run vehicle … . Matter of Luna v Motor Veh. Acc. Indem. Corp., 2024 NY Slip Op 04521, First Dept 9-24-24

Practice Point: Hearsay statements in an uncertified, unauthenticated report for which no foundation was provided did not create an issue of fact.

 

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