Wider v. Heller

Dec 5, 2005
Versions:24 A.D.3d 433
805 N.Y.S.2d 130

Aaron Wider et al., Appellants, v Craig Heller et al., Respondents. [805 NYS2d 130]—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Covello, J.), dated November 30, 2004, which granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied without prejudice to renewal upon proper papers, and the complaint is reinstated.

As accurately observed by the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court, the defendants failed to append a complete set of the pleadings to their motion for summary judgment as required by CPLR 3212 (b). Accordingly, denial of the motion was required (see Sted Tenants Owners Corp. v Chumpitaz, 5 AD3d 663 [2004]; Bonded Concrete v Town of Saugerties, 3 AD3d 729 [2004]; Matter of Williams v County of Genesee, 289 AD2d 1026 [2001]; Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v Piper, 286 AD2d 903 [2001]; Deer Park Assoc. v Robbins Store, 243 AD2d 443 [1997]; Lawlor v County of Nassau, 166 AD2d 692 [1990]). Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the denial of the motion should have been without prejudice to renewal upon proper papers (see Greene v Wood, 6 AD3d 976 [2004]; Welton v Drobnicki, 298 AD2d 757 [2002]).

In view of the foregoing, we do not consider the parties’ contentions with regard to the merits of the motion. Florio, J.P., Crane, Mastro and Rivera, JJ., concur.