SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED ON PLAINTIFF’S ACCOUNT STATED CAUSE OF ACTION; CRITERIA EXPLAINED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on the account-stated cause of action should have been granted:

Plaintiff established prima facie entitlement to summary judgment on its cause of action for account stated by submitting evidence that it prepared and sent invoices to defendant in the ordinary course of its business; that defendant rendered partial payment, thus confirming that it received the invoices; and that defendant did not timely object to the invoices … .

In opposition, defendant failed to raise a triable issue of fact as to the existence of an account stated. Although the affidavit was submitted by defendant’s principal, it does not assert that defendant never received the invoices. Further, although defendant’s principal stated that defendant had already paid plaintiff the amounts due, she does not assert that defendant timely disputed those amounts. Accordingly, defendant is deemed to be bound by plaintiff’s rendering of the account … . Dape Consulting Inc. v Next Trucking Inc., 2025 NY Slip Op 02128, First Dept 4-10-25

Practice Point: Here defendant stated in an affidavit that it had already paid the amounts due. That claim did not raise a question of fact in this account stated action because defendant did not aver that it timely disputed the amounts due.​