| Agai v Diontech Consulting, Inc. |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 05839 [64 AD3d 622] |
| July 14, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Jacob Agai, Respondent, v Diontech Consulting, Inc., etal., Appellants. |
—[*1] Jacobi, Sieghardt, Bousanti, Piazza & Fitzpatrick, P.C., Staten Island, N.Y. (Mark S. Piazzaand Michael Haitmann of counsel), for respondent.
In an action to recover on a promissory note brought by motion for summary judgment inlieu of complaint pursuant to CPLR 3213, the defendants appeal from (1) an order of theSupreme Court, Richmond County (Fusco, J.), dated March 11, 2008, which granted the motion,and (2) a judgment of the same court entered April 8, 2008, which, upon the order, is in favor ofthe plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $500,000. The notice of appeal from theorder dated March 11, 2008, is deemed also to be a notice of appeal from the judgment (seeCPLR 5501 [c]).
Ordered that the appeal from the order is dismissed; and it is further;
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, the plaintiff's motion for summaryjudgment in lieu of complaint is denied, the motion and answering papers are deemed to be thecomplaint and answer, respectively, and the order dated March 11, 2008 is modified accordingly;and it is further,
Ordered that one bill of costs is awarded to the defendants.
The appeal from the intermediate order must be dismissed because the right of direct appealtherefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action (see Matter of Aho, 39NY2d 241, 248 [1976]). The issues raised on the appeal from the order are brought up for reviewand have been considered on the appeal from the judgment (see CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).
The plaintiff established his prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law bysubmitting proof of the promissory note and guarantee, and of the defendants' default (see Cutter Bayview Cleaners, Inc. vSpotless Shirts, Inc., 57 AD3d 708 [2008]; Black Rock, Inc. v Z Best Car Wash, Inc., 27 AD3d 409 [2006];Brennan v Shapiro, 12 AD3d547, 549 [2004]). However, in response, the defendants showed the existence of a triableissue of fact as to whether money allegedly owed to them in connection with a project completedby a limited liability corporation jointly owned by the plaintiff and the defendant DennisMihalatos was retained by the plaintiff in partial satisfaction of the loan [*2]as per a subsequent agreement of the parties. Accordingly, themotion should have been denied (seeCor Rte. 5 Co., LLC v Saracene, 59 AD3d 1006 [2009]; Khoury v Khoury, 280AD2d 453 [2001]). Skelos, J.P., Angiolillo, Chambers and Lott, JJ., concur.