`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 72
`OF NEW YORK
`COURT
`: COUNTY
`
`STATE
`SUPREME
`
`OF ERIE
`
`INDEX NO. 801838/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/22/2021
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`SAMUEL,
`d/b/a ROLL
`
`SON & CO.
`(USA)
`FORM GROUP
`
`INC.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`AFFIDAVIT
`
`v.
`
`SIMPSON
`
`& BROWN,
`
`INC.
`
`Defendant.
`
`CANADA
`
`) ss.:
`
`Index
`
`No.:
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`801838/2020
`
`I, Anthony
`
`Labile,
`
`being
`
`duly
`
`sworn,
`
`hereby
`
`deposes
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`and
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`says:
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`1.
`
`I am the Director
`
`of Credit
`
`for
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Samuel,
`
`Son & Co.
`
`(USA)
`
`Inc.
`
`d/b/a
`
`Roll
`
`Form
`
`Group
`
`("Plaintiff"
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`or
`
`"Samuel")
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`in the
`
`above-captioned
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`matter,
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`and
`
`am fully
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`familiar
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`with
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`2.
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`I
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`submit
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`this
`
`affirmation
`
`in
`
`opposition
`
`to Defendant
`
`Simpson
`
`& Brown,
`
`Inc.'s
`
`("Simpson"
`
`or
`
`"Defendant")
`
`Order
`
`to Show Cause
`
`vacatur
`
`of
`
`the
`
`April
`
`8, 2021
`
`and
`
`default
`
`judgment
`
`signed
`
`and
`
`filed
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`on April
`
`9, 2021
`
`(the
`
`"Default
`
`Order
`
`and
`
`b
`
`seeking
`
`default
`
`order
`
`entered
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`on
`
`Judgment").
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`3.
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`This
`
`Court
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`should
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`deny
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`Defendant's
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`application
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`in its
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`entirety
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`because
`
`Defendant
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`has
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`failed
`
`to
`
`put
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`forth
`
`a meritorious
`
`defense
`
`to the
`
`allegations
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in
`
`the
`
`Summons
`
`and
`
`Complaint.
`
`4.
`
`Defendant
`
`owes
`
`Plaintiff
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`service
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`charges
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`at
`
`the
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`rate
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`of
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`1.5% per month
`
`on overdue
`
`amoy
`
`plus
`
`costs
`
`of collection,
`
`including
`
`attorneys'
`
`fees,
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`as set
`
`forth
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`in Plaintiff
`
`s Conditions
`
`of
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`d Terms
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`of Payment.
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`FILED: ERIE COUNTY CLERK 07/22/2021 02:57 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 72
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`INDEX NO. 801838/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/22/2021
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`5.
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`Despite
`
`Defendant's
`
`conclusory
`
`assertion
`
`that
`
`the
`
`project
`
`in Elizabeth,
`
`New Jersey
`
`was
`
`tax
`
`exempt,
`
`Defendant
`
`failed
`
`to provide
`
`a tax
`
`exempt
`
`certificate
`
`to Plaintiff
`
`for
`
`said
`
`project.
`
`Accordingly,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`charged
`
`Defendant
`
`tax
`
`on the
`
`five
`
`invoices
`
`issued
`
`in regard
`
`to that
`
`project.
`
`Notably,
`
`Defendant
`
`failed
`
`to provide
`
`proofofthe
`
`Elizabeth,
`
`New Jersey
`
`project's
`
`tax
`
`exempt
`
`status
`
`in its motion
`
`papers
`
`as well.
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`6.
`
`Defendant
`
`also
`
`claims
`
`that
`
`Plaintiff
`
`allegedly
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`deliver
`
`material
`
`worth
`
`approximately
`
`$315,000
`
`but
`
`fails
`
`to
`
`identify
`
`the
`
`specific
`
`invoices
`
`it claims
`
`contained
`
`undelivered
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`or submit
`
`other
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`support
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`material
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`any
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`for
`
`its
`
`self-serving
`
`claim.
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`7.
`
`In
`
`fact,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`did
`
`deliver
`
`all material
`
`invoiced
`
`to Defendant
`
`as evidenced
`
`by
`
`the
`
`bills
`
`of
`
`lading
`
`for
`
`the
`
`invoiced
`
`material.
`
`Annexed
`
`hereto
`
`as Exhibit
`
`A are
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`true
`
`and
`
`correct
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`the
`
`invoices
`
`and
`
`corresponding
`
`bills
`
`of
`
`lading
`
`for
`
`each
`
`invoice
`
`sued
`
`on
`
`in the
`
`complaint.
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`8.
`
`Based
`
`on
`
`the
`
`above,
`
`Defendant
`
`has
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`establish
`
`a meritorious
`
`defense
`
`sufficient
`
`to warrant
`
`vacatur
`
`of
`
`the Default
`
`Order
`
`and
`
`Judgment.
`
`Anthony
`
`Labile
`
`Swprn
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`thefore
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`tiett
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`af
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`July,
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`202
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