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`STATE
`SUPREME
`
`OF NEW YORK
`COURT
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF ONTARIO
`
`ROUTE
`
`96 PROPERTIES,
`
`LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`
`No.
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`127226-2020
`
`vs
`
`ADVENTURES
`
`SENSATION,
`
`IN MOVEMENT
`AND MARK
`INC.,
`
`AND
`KLYCZEK,
`
`Defendants.
`
`REPLY
`AFFIRMATION
`
`Michael
`
`Wegman,
`
`an attorney
`
`licensed
`
`to practice
`
`law
`
`in the
`
`State
`
`of New York,
`
`states
`
`under
`
`penalties
`
`of perjury:
`
`1.
`
`I am associated
`
`with
`
`the
`
`law firm
`
`of Lacy
`
`Katzen
`
`LLP,
`
`attorneys
`
`for Plaintiff,
`
`and
`
`I am fully
`
`familiar
`
`with
`
`the
`
`papers,
`
`pleadings
`
`and
`
`proceedings
`
`of
`
`the
`
`instant
`
`action.
`
`I make
`
`this
`
`affirmation
`
`in
`
`further
`
`support
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`Motion
`
`for
`
`Summary
`
`Judgment.
`
`The
`
`capitalized
`
`terms
`
`used
`
`in
`
`this
`
`affirmation
`
`have
`
`the
`
`same
`
`meaning
`
`as
`
`the
`
`terms
`
`capitalized
`
`in Plaintiff's
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment.
`
`2.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`moved
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`by Notice
`
`of Motion
`
`dated
`
`October
`
`12,
`
`2020,
`
`submitting
`
`in support
`
`of
`
`its motion
`
`the
`
`sworn
`
`affidavit
`
`of Mark
`
`DiFelice
`
`and my
`
`attorney
`
`affirmation.
`
`In opposition,
`
`Defendants
`
`submit
`
`an affidavit
`
`from
`
`their
`
`attorney.
`
`3.
`
`It
`
`is well
`
`settled
`
`that
`
`a party
`
`moving
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`must
`
`establish
`
`its
`
`entitlement
`
`to judgment
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law by
`
`tender
`
`of evidentiary
`
`proof
`
`in admissible
`
`form.
`
`To
`
`defeat
`
`the motion,
`
`the
`
`nonmoving
`
`party
`
`must
`
`demonstrate
`
`a genuine
`
`issue
`
`of material
`
`fact,
`
`and
`
`also must
`
`do
`
`so by
`
`tender
`
`of
`
`evidentiary
`
`proof
`
`in admissible
`
`form.
`
`S_ee generally
`
`Zuckerman
`
`v
`
`City
`
`of New York,
`
`49 NY2d
`
`557,
`
`562
`
`(1980).
`
`While
`
`courts
`
`have
`
`described
`
`summary
`
`judgment
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`as
`
`a drastic
`
`remedy,
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`should
`
`nonetheless
`
`be
`
`granted
`
`where
`
`there
`
`are
`
`no
`
`genuine
`
`issues
`
`of material
`
`fact
`
`to
`
`be resolved
`
`at
`
`trial.
`
`See Pomietlasz
`
`v Smith,
`
`31 AD3d
`
`1173,
`
`1174
`
`(4th
`
`Dept
`
`2006).
`
`4.
`
`Here,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`established
`
`its
`
`prima
`
`facie
`
`entitlement
`
`to judgment
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law.
`
`Through
`
`Mr.
`
`DiFelice's
`
`affidavit,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`demonstrated
`
`the
`
`Tenant
`
`entered
`
`into
`
`a Lease
`
`with
`
`for
`
`a portion
`
`of
`
`commercial
`
`real
`
`the
`
`terms
`
`of
`
`the
`
`the
`
`Tenant's
`
`Plaintiff
`
`property;
`
`Lease;
`
`default
`
`for
`
`failure
`
`to pay;
`
`Defendant
`
`Klyczek's
`
`failure
`
`to pay
`
`the Tenant's
`
`obligations
`
`as required
`
`under
`
`the Guaranty;
`
`and Plaintiff's
`
`contractual
`
`damages.
`
`My
`
`affirmation
`
`dated
`
`October
`
`12, 2020
`
`(the
`
`"Wegman
`
`Aff.")
`
`stated
`
`that
`
`Defendants
`
`were
`
`properly
`
`served
`
`under
`
`New
`
`York
`
`Business
`
`Corporation
`
`Law
`
`and
`
`the
`
`Civil
`
`Practice
`
`Law
`
`and
`
`Rules,
`
`respectively.
`
`I
`
`attached
`
`to my
`
`affirmation
`
`the
`
`affidavits
`
`of
`
`service,
`
`which
`
`are prima
`
`facie
`
`proof
`
`of
`
`service.
`
`See Matter
`
`of Anna
`
`1401
`
`(4th Dept
`
`2013).
`
`B_., 105 AD3d
`
`1399,
`
`5.
`
`The
`
`burden
`
`thus
`
`shifted
`
`to
`
`Defendants
`
`to
`
`tender
`
`proof
`
`in
`
`admissible
`
`form
`
`demonstrating
`
`the
`
`existence
`
`of
`
`an
`
`issue
`
`of material
`
`fact.
`
`See Mortillaro
`
`v Rochester
`
`General
`
`Hosp.,
`
`94 AD3d
`
`1497,
`
`1499
`
`(4th Dept
`
`2012).
`
`6.
`
`Defendants
`
`failed
`
`to
`
`offer
`
`proof
`
`in
`
`admissible
`
`form
`
`in
`
`opposition
`
`to Plaintiff's
`
`motion,
`
`submitting
`
`an affidavit
`
`form
`
`their
`
`attorney
`
`only.
`
`An attorney
`
`affidavit
`
`alone
`
`is generally
`
`without
`
`probative
`
`value
`
`and
`
`insufficient
`
`to defeat
`
`a motion
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment.
`
`See Cooper
`
`v Cooper
`
`& Clement.
`
`Inc.,
`
`198 AD2d
`
`812,
`
`813
`
`(4th
`
`Dept
`
`1993);
`
`Gomes
`
`v Revere
`
`Sugar
`
`Corp.,
`
`140 AD2d
`
`582,
`
`582-583
`
`(2d Dept
`
`1988);
`
`see also
`
`Siegel,
`
`New York
`
`Practice,
`
`5th
`
`ed.,
`
`§ 281.
`
`7.
`
`Even
`
`if Defendant's
`
`attorney
`
`had
`
`first-hand
`
`knowledge
`
`of
`
`the
`
`underlying
`
`facts,
`
`he
`
`fails
`
`to make
`
`any
`
`specific
`
`factual
`
`averments
`
`demonstrating
`
`an
`
`issue
`
`of
`
`fact
`
`exists.
`
`Defendants
`
`had
`
`a duty
`
`to
`
`"lay
`
`bare"
`
`their
`
`proof
`
`in
`
`opposition
`
`to Plaintiff's
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment.
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`See Oot
`
`v Home
`
`Ins.
`
`Co.
`
`of
`
`Indiana,
`
`244 AD2d
`
`62,
`
`71
`
`(4th
`
`Dept
`
`1998).
`
`Defendants'
`
`vague
`
`allegations
`
`with
`
`respect
`
`to
`
`unspecified
`
`actions
`
`of
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`and
`
`unnamed
`
`third
`
`parties
`
`are
`
`insufficient.
`
`8.
`
`Further,
`
`Defendants
`
`have
`
`failed
`
`to raise
`
`any
`
`issues
`
`of
`
`fact
`
`as to whether
`
`this Court
`
`has personal
`
`jurisdiction
`
`over
`
`them.
`
`9.
`
`The
`
`Tenant
`
`was
`
`properly
`
`served
`
`under
`
`the
`
`Business
`
`Corporation
`
`Law.
`
`It
`
`is
`
`immaterial
`
`whether
`
`Tenant
`
`resides
`
`in New
`
`an
`
`officer,
`
`director
`
`or
`
`shareholder
`
`of
`
`the
`
`currently
`
`York.
`
`See Kenyon
`
`Affidavit
`
`¶ 4. Defendants
`
`admit
`
`that
`
`the Tenant
`
`is a New York
`
`corporation.
`
`See Kenyon
`
`Aff.
`
`¶ 3; see also
`
`Answer
`
`¶ 1 (admitting
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`in Complaint
`
`¶ 2).
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has
`
`demonstrated
`
`that
`
`the
`
`Tenant
`
`is
`
`registered
`
`with
`
`the New
`
`York
`
`Department
`
`of State.
`
`See
`
`Wegman
`
`Aff.
`
`¶ 10.
`
`The
`
`Tenant
`
`was
`
`properly
`
`served
`
`by
`
`delivering
`
`a copy
`
`of
`
`the Summons
`
`and
`
`Complaint
`
`to a person
`
`authorized
`
`by
`
`the Secretary
`
`of State
`
`to accept
`
`service.
`
`See id. at ¶¶9-12.
`
`CPLR
`
`Defendant
`
`10.
`
`Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`was
`
`properly
`
`served
`
`under
`
`308(2)
`
`and
`
`313.
`
`Klyczek
`
`was
`
`a domiciliary
`
`of
`
`the
`
`State
`
`of New York
`
`on
`
`the
`
`date
`
`this
`
`action
`
`was
`
`commenced.
`
`According
`
`to public
`
`record,
`
`the
`
`address
`
`identified
`
`in the
`
`Lease
`
`and Guaranty
`
`-
`
`1804
`
`Saddle
`
`Horn
`
`Drive,
`
`Canandaigua,
`
`New York
`
`-
`
`is a single
`
`family
`
`residence
`
`owned
`
`by Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`and
`
`his wife.
`
`The
`
`property
`
`was
`
`conveyed
`
`to a third
`
`party
`
`by
`
`deed
`
`filed
`
`June
`
`16,
`
`2020,
`
`twelve
`
`days
`
`after
`
`action
`
`this
`
`was
`
`filed.
`
`11.
`
`Regardless
`
`of whether
`
`Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`was
`
`a domiciliary
`
`as of
`
`the
`
`date
`
`this
`
`action
`
`was
`
`commenced,
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`has
`
`jurisdiction
`
`over
`
`him pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`302(a)(4).
`
`subsection
`
`allows
`
`a New York
`
`court
`
`to exercise
`
`personal
`
`jurisdiction
`
`over
`
`a non-domiciliary
`
`That
`
`who
`
`"owns,
`
`uses
`
`or possesses
`
`any
`
`real
`
`property
`
`situated
`
`within
`
`the
`
`state,"
`
`provided
`
`that
`
`the
`
`cause
`
`of
`
`action
`
`arose
`
`out
`
`of
`
`the
`
`defendant's
`
`ownership,
`
`use or possession
`
`of
`
`the
`
`real
`
`property.
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`12.
`
`Here,
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`cause
`
`of action
`
`arises
`
`out
`
`of
`
`the
`
`use
`
`of
`
`real
`
`property,
`
`specifically,
`
`monies
`
`due
`
`based
`
`on the
`
`Tenant's
`
`breach
`
`of a Lease
`
`and Defendant
`
`Klyczek's
`
`failure
`
`to pay
`
`the
`
`Tenant's
`
`obligations
`
`as
`
`required
`
`under
`
`the
`
`Guaranty.
`
`See
`
`Alexander,
`
`McKinney's
`
`Official
`
`Commentary
`
`to CPLR
`
`302,
`
`C302:14
`
`"Real
`
`Property
`
`Actions,
`
`General"
`
`In
`
`(the
`
`statute
`
`should
`
`leased
`
`property").
`
`Subsection
`
`support
`
`"monetary
`
`claims
`
`for
`
`nonpayment
`
`against
`
`those
`
`who
`
`have
`
`302(a)(4)
`
`does
`
`not
`
`require
`
`the
`
`defendant
`
`to own,
`
`use
`
`or possess
`
`the
`
`real
`
`property
`
`as of
`
`the date
`
`the
`
`action
`
`was
`
`commenced.
`
`"The
`
`defendant's
`
`prior
`
`relationship
`
`to
`
`the
`
`property
`
`will
`
`suffice,
`
`assuming
`
`the
`
`claim
`
`arose
`
`out
`
`of
`
`that
`
`relationship."
`
`Id.
`
`13.
`
`Subsection
`
`302(a)(4)
`
`supplies
`
`a jurisdictional
`
`predicate
`
`for
`
`the Court
`
`to
`
`exercise
`
`personal
`
`jurisdiction
`
`over
`
`Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`independent
`
`of
`
`his
`
`domicile.
`
`Under
`
`CPLR 313,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`pennitted
`
`to serve
`
`Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`outside
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New York
`
`in the same
`
`manner
`
`he may
`
`be
`
`served
`
`within
`
`the
`
`State
`
`of New
`
`York.
`
`The
`
`affidavit
`
`of
`
`service
`
`annexed
`
`as
`
`Exhibit
`
`C to my affirmation
`
`dated
`
`October
`
`12, 2020
`
`is prima
`
`facie
`
`proof
`
`Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`was
`
`Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`not
`
`required
`
`to
`
`hand-deliver
`
`the
`
`properly
`
`served
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`308(2).
`
`pleadings
`
`to Defendant
`
`Klyczek
`
`personally.
`
`See Wegman
`
`Aff.
`
`¶¶ 14-20.
`
`14.
`
`Still
`
`fluther,
`
`Defendants
`
`failed
`
`to move
`
`to
`
`dismiss
`
`the
`
`action
`
`based
`
`on
`
`alleged
`
`improper
`
`service
`
`within
`
`60 days
`
`of
`
`serving
`
`their
`
`Answer.
`
`Defendants
`
`have
`
`therefore
`
`waived
`
`any
`
`objection
`
`to
`
`service
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law.
`
`See
`
`Ziverts
`
`v Wunderlich,
`
`169 AD3d
`
`1435,
`
`1436
`
`(4th
`
`Dept
`
`2019).
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`WHEREFORE,
`
`I
`
`respectfully
`
`request
`
`that
`
`the Court
`
`enter
`
`an Order
`
`granting
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`Defendants.
`
`Micl
`
`f sq.
`
`ae We
`aff
`en L T
`Kat
`Lacy
`Attorneys
`for
`Plaintiff
`and Lomb
`Place
`600 Bausch
`Box
`Address:
`P.O.
`Mailina
`NY 14692-2878
`Rochester,
`454-5650
`
`22878
`
`(585)
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