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Redlyn Elec. Corp. v Ant Yapi N.Y., LLC
               2024 NY Slip Op 30946(U)
                     March 19, 2024
           Supreme Court, New York County
        Docket Number: Index No. 653268/2023
                  Judge: Louis L. Nock
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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 28                                                                                             RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/20/2024

                                   SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
                                             NEW YORK COUNTY
            PRESENT:             HON. LOUIS L. NOCK                                                PART                              38M
                                                                                      Justice
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             REDLYN ELECTRIC CORP. d/b/a LOUIS SHIFFMAN
             ELECTRIC,                                                                             MOTION DATE         11/27/2023

                                                         Plaintiff,                                MOTION SEQ. NO.         001

                                                 -v-
                                                                                                     DECISION + ORDER ON
             ANT YAPI NEW YORK, LLC,
                                                                                                           MOTION
                                                         Defendant.
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            The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document numbers (Motion 001) 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
            19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27
            were read on this motion for                                                         DEFAULT JUDGMENT                    .

            LOUIS L. NOCK, J.S.C.

                      Upon the foregoing documents, plaintiff’s motion seeking entry of a default judgment is

            granted, on default and without opposition, in accordance with the following memorandum

            decision.

                      Background

                      In this action, plaintiff Redlyn Electric Corp. d/b/a Louis Shiffman Electric seeks

            payment for electrical materials that it sold and delivered to defendant Ant Yapi New York, LLC

            (summons and complaint, NYSCEF Doc. No. 1, ¶ 3). On December 5, 2019, defendant signed a

            credit application, which included plaintiff’s terms and conditions of sale, to induce plaintiff to

            sell electrical materials to defendant on credit (Agreement and Application for Account or

            Credit, NYSCEF Doc. No. 17). As more fully set forth in the affidavit of Brett Goldman,

            plaintiff’s controller, defendant issued a purchase order in late November 2019 to purchase

            electrical materials for a building project, which from February 2020 to July 2022 plaintiff

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            delivered and defendant accepted (Goldman aff., NYSCEF Doc. No. 15, ¶¶ 12-19). However,

            defendant failed to pay the full agreed price of the materials, and a principal balance remains due

            and owing to plaintiff in the amount of $27,855.78 (id., ¶ 15; account statement and invoices,

            NYSCEF Doc. No. 18).

                   Plaintiff commenced this action on July 7, 2023 (NYSCEF Doc. No. 1). An affidavit of

            service, regular on its face, attests to service on the Secretary of State on July 11, 2023, pursuant

            to Business Corporation Law § 306(b) (NYSCEF Doc. No. 21). An affirmation of additional

            service filed in support of the motion attests to the requisite additional mailing pursuant to CPLR

            3215(g)(4)(i) on July 13, 2023, more than twenty days in advance of entry of judgment (Sawh

            aff., NYSCEF Doc. No. 22). Defendant’s time to respond to the complaint has expired, and it

            has neither appeared nor answered the complaint. Moreover, there is no opposition to the

            motion.

                   Standard of Review

                   A plaintiff that seeks entry of a default judgment for a defendant's failure to answer must

            submit proof of service of the summons and complaint upon the defendant, proof of the facts

            constituting the claim, and proof of the defendant's default (CPLR 3215[f]). “The standard of

            proof is not stringent, amounting only to some firsthand confirmation of the facts” (Feffer v

            Malpeso, 210 AD2d 60, 61 [1st Dept 1994]). “[D]efaulters are deemed to have admitted all

            factual allegations contained in the complaint and all reasonable inferences that flow from them”

            (Woodson v Mendon Leasing Corp., 100 NY2d 62, 71 [2003]). Nevertheless, “CPLR 3215 does

            not contemplate that default judgments are to be rubber-stamped once jurisdiction and a failure

            to appear have been shown. Some proof of liability is also required to satisfy the court as to the

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            prima facie validity of the uncontested cause of action” (Guzetti v City of New York, 32 AD3d

            234, 235 [1st Dept 2006] [internal quotations and citations omitted]).

                      Discussion

                      Plaintiff has satisfied its burden on the motion by submission of the affidavit of service

            on defendant (NYSCEF Doc. Nos. 21) and the affirmation of additional mailing on defendant

            (NYSCEF Doc. No. 22), the affirmation of plaintiff’s counsel Jill Levi, Esq., attesting to

            defendant’s default (NYSCEF Doc. No. 19, ¶ 9), and Goldman’s affidavit, which attests to the

            facts alleged in the complaint and the amount of plaintiff’s damages (NYSCEF Doc. No. 15).

            Defendant has never appeared in the action, nor did it submit any opposition to the motion. The

            court concurs with the points raised in support of the motion and, therefore, grants the motion.

                      Accordingly, it is

                      ORDERED that the motion for a default judgment is granted; and, accordingly, it is

            further

                      ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiff

            Redlyn Electric Corp. d/b/a Louis Shiffman Electric and against defendant Ant Yapi New York,

            LLC in the amount of $27,855.78, with interest thereon at the statutory rate from September 1,

            2022, through entry of judgment, as calculated by the Clerk, and continuing to accrue thereafter

            through satisfaction of judgment, together with costs and disbursements as taxed by the Clerk

            upon submission of an appropriate bill of costs; and it is further

                      ORDERED that plaintiff’s third cause of action for attorneys’ fees, fourth cause of action

            for quantum meruit, and fifth cause of action for unjust enrichment are dismissed as withdrawn,

            per plaintiff’s affirmation (NYSCEF Doc. No. 19, ¶ 12).

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                   This constitutes the decision and order of the court.

                                                                            ENTER:

                   3/19/2024                                                               $SIG$
                     DATE                                                           LOUIS L. NOCK, J.S.C.
            CHECK ONE:               X   CASE DISPOSED                     NON-FINAL DISPOSITION

            APPLICATION:
                                     X   GRANTED

                                         SETTLE ORDER
                                                             DENIED        GRANTED IN PART

                                                                           SUBMIT ORDER
                                                                                                   □    OTHER

            CHECK IF APPROPRIATE:        INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN        FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT
                                                                                                   □    REFERENCE

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