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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Carl Rosetti, Jr., Also Known as Carl Ranno, Appellant, v United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
    [632 NYS2d 355]
   Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted summary judgment to defendant United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Inc. (USF&G). USF&G met its burden of establishing plaintiffs lack of cooperation (see, 304 Meat Corp. v New York Prop. Ins. Underwriting Assn., 188 AD2d 382). Plaintiff persistently failed to comply with the provision of the insurance policy issued to him by USF&G that required him to submit to an examination under oath and provide certain relevant documents and records. That persistent failure to comply constitutes a material breach of the policy and precludes recovery under it (see, Johnson v Allstate Ins. Co., 197 AD2d 672, lv denied 82 NY2d 664; Argento v Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 184 AD2d 487, 487-488; Azeem v Colonial Assur. Co., 96 AD2d 123, affd 62 NY2d 951). (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Rath, Jr., J. — Summary Judgment.) Present — Pine, J. P., Lawton, Callahan, Balio and Davis, JJ.