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Cendant Mortgage Corp. v. Packes
37 A.D.3d 515
N.Y. App. Div.
2007
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In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), dated September 3, 2005, which granted the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment dismissing the counterclaims.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff, Cendant Mortgage Corporation (hereinafter Cendant), as lender, extended a loan to the defendant in connec*516tion with the purchase of the subject property which was guaranteed by a mortgage on the subject property. Cendant commenced this action to foreclose the mortgage, and the defendant asserted various counterclaims alleging, in essence, that Cendant had procured an inaccurate appraisal on which the defendant relied in deciding to purchase the property. Cendant successfully moved for summary judgment dismissing the counterclaims. We affirm.

Cendant established, prima facie, its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the counterclaims by showing that it owed the defendant no special duty of care on which justifiable reliance could have been placed (see Kimmell v Schaefer, 89 NY2d 257, 264 [1996]; see also Cuomo v Mahopac Natl. Bank, 5 AD3d 621, 622 [2004]; River Glen Assoc. v Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., 295 AD2d 274, 275 [2002]), and by tendering documentary evidence that the defendant had specifically been advised to obtain a home inspection before purchasing the subject property (see M & T Mtge. Corp. v Alleyne, 7 AD3d 761, 762 [2004]). In opposition, the defendant failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557 [1980]). Mastro, J.P., Krausman, Fisher and Lifson, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Cendant Mortgage Corp. v. Packes
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Feb 13, 2007
Citation: 37 A.D.3d 515
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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