`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 70
`
`INDEX NO. 801838/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/22/2021
`
`STATE
`SUPREME
`
`OF NEW YORK
`COURT
`: ERIE
`
`COUNTY
`
`SON & CO.
`SAMUEL,
`FORM GROUP,
`ROLL
`
`(USA)
`
`INC.
`
`d/b/a
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`
`No.:
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`801838/2020
`
`-vs-
`
`SIMPSON
`
`& BROWN,
`
`INC.,
`
`Defendant.
`
`AFFIDAVIT
`
`OF TODD BANK
`
`TODD
`
`BANK,
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`being
`
`duly
`
`sworn,
`
`deposes
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`and
`
`states:
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`1.
`
`I am a process
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`server
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`for
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`the
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`process
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`service
`
`company
`
`Action
`
`Subpoena
`
`and,
`
`as
`
`such,
`
`I am fully
`
`familiar
`
`with
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`and
`
`circumstances
`
`set
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`forth
`
`herein
`
`and
`
`I am competent
`
`to
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`testify
`
`as to these matters.
`
`to the Defendant's
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
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`2.
`
`I submit
`
`this
`
`Affidavit
`
`in opposition
`
`seeking
`
`vacatur
`
`of a default
`
`judgment
`
`in favor
`
`of
`
`the Plaintiff.
`
`3.
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`4.
`
`I am 61 years
`
`old
`
`and
`
`have
`
`been
`
`a process
`
`server
`
`for
`
`42 years.
`
`In my
`
`over
`
`four
`
`decades
`
`of experience
`
`as a process
`
`server,
`
`I have
`
`served
`
`thousands
`
`of
`
`items
`
`of process.
`
`5.
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`6.
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`In addition,
`
`I
`
`teach
`
`and
`
`train
`
`new process
`
`servers
`
`at Action
`
`Subpoena.
`
`I was
`
`engaged
`
`by
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`to serve
`
`the Summons
`
`and Complaint
`
`upon
`
`the
`
`Defendant
`
`in this
`
`case.
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`FILED: ERIE COUNTY CLERK 07/22/2021 02:57 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 70
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`INDEX NO. 801838/2020
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`7.
`
`I specifically
`
`recall
`
`serving
`
`process
`
`upon
`
`the Defendant
`
`in this
`
`case
`
`because
`
`the
`
`Defendant's
`
`offices
`
`are located
`
`in Cranford,
`
`New Jersey,
`
`an area with
`
`which
`
`I am familiar
`
`due
`
`to
`
`the
`
`fact
`
`that
`
`I
`
`reside
`
`only
`
`approximately
`
`20 minutes
`
`from
`
`that
`
`location.
`
`8.
`
`On February
`
`21,
`
`2020,
`
`I went
`
`to the Defendant's
`
`offices
`
`located
`
`at 119 North
`
`Avenue
`
`W, Cranford,
`
`New Jersey
`
`07016.
`
`9.
`
`Upon
`
`entering
`
`the Defendant's
`
`offices,
`
`I was
`
`greeted
`
`by
`
`a person
`
`who
`
`identified
`
`herself
`
`as Whitney
`
`Fox.
`
`10.
`
`In my notes,
`
`I recorded
`
`that Ms.
`
`Fox was
`
`approximately
`
`30 years
`
`old,
`
`5'6"-5'7"
`
`tall with
`
`blonde
`
`hair.
`
`11.
`
`As
`
`part
`
`of my usual
`
`custom
`
`and
`
`practice
`
`when
`
`serving
`
`a corporate
`
`defendant,
`
`I
`
`always
`
`ask whether
`
`the person
`
`to whom I am delivering
`
`the papers
`
`is authorized
`
`to accept
`
`service.
`
`this
`
`question
`
`is to avoid
`
`a later
`
`dispute
`
`as to whether
`
`12.
`
`The
`
`reason
`
`that
`
`I always
`
`ask
`
`or not
`
`the person
`
`was,
`
`in fact,
`
`authorized
`
`to receive
`
`service
`
`of process.
`
`13.
`
`I will
`
`only
`
`serve
`
`process
`
`on an individual
`
`who
`
`affirmatively
`
`states
`
`that
`
`he or
`
`she is
`
`authorized
`
`to accept
`
`service
`
`when
`
`serving
`
`a corporate
`
`defendant.
`
`14.
`
`If a person
`
`tells me that
`
`they
`
`are not
`
`so authorized,
`
`as part
`
`of my regular
`
`custom
`
`and
`
`practice,
`
`I would
`
`ask whether
`
`anyone
`
`else
`
`in the
`
`office
`
`is authorized
`
`to receive
`
`service.
`
`If
`
`the
`
`answer
`
`to that
`
`question
`
`is also
`
`no,
`
`then
`
`I would
`
`report
`
`back
`
`to the
`
`client
`
`that
`
`a different
`
`method
`
`of
`
`service
`
`may
`
`be ñecessary.
`
`These
`
`occurrences
`
`would
`
`be noted
`
`in my
`
`files
`
`for
`
`purposes
`
`of
`
`inclusion
`
`in an affidavit
`
`of
`
`service,
`
`if necessary.
`
`15.
`
`In this
`
`particular
`
`instance,
`
`I
`
`recorded
`
`no notes
`
`of any
`
`exceptions
`
`in my
`
`files.
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`FILED: ERIE COUNTY CLERK 07/22/2021 02:57 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 70
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`INDEX NO. 801838/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/22/2021
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`16.
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`As part
`
`of my usual
`
`custom
`
`and practice,
`
`I always
`
`(a) explain
`
`to the
`
`recipient
`
`of
`
`the
`
`papers
`
`that
`
`I am delivering
`
`legal
`
`documents,
`
`and
`
`(b) deliver
`
`the
`
`documents
`
`without
`
`an
`
`envelope.
`
`The
`
`purpose
`
`of
`
`this
`
`custom
`
`and practice
`
`is to ensure
`
`that
`
`the recipient
`
`cannot
`
`later
`
`truthfully
`
`say that
`
`I
`
`failed
`
`to explain
`
`what
`
`I was
`
`serving
`
`or misled
`
`such
`
`person.
`
`17.
`
`that
`
`the Defendant
`
`in this
`
`I handed
`
`the Summons
`
`and
`
`On the day
`
`I served
`
`case,
`
`Complaint,
`
`togethei
`
`with
`
`the
`
`accompanying
`
`exhibits,
`
`to Ms. Fox
`
`and then
`
`departed
`
`from the
`
`Defendant's
`
`offices.
`
`18.
`
`On the same
`
`day
`
`that
`
`I effected
`
`service
`
`upon
`
`the Defendant
`
`by delivery
`
`to Ms.
`
`Fox,
`
`I prepared,
`
`signed,
`
`and
`
`had
`
`notarized
`
`the Affidavit
`
`of Service
`
`attached
`
`herewith
`
`as Exhibit
`
`A·
`
`Date:
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`'P AO -
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`Sworn
`this
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`to before me
`o19®
`of July,
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`day
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`2021.
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`i
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`Nota
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`lic
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`Notary
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`MARY T. POWANDA
`of New Jersey
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`Public,
`Expires
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`22, 2026
`March
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