Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-10-07 23:56:24.202369+00
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
             Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

374
CA 12-00260
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, CARNI, AND SCONIERS, JJ.

GILBERTO AGUDO MARTINEZ, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

                     V                            MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

APRIL M. REMBERT, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

GILBERTO AGUDO MARTINEZ, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT PRO SE.

HISCOCK & BARCLAY, LLP, ROCHESTER (MARK T. WHITFORD, JR., OF COUNSEL),
FOR DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from an order of the Monroe County Court (John Lewis
DeMarco, J.), entered December 22, 2011. The order affirmed a
judgment of the Rochester City Court.

     It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is
unanimously affirmed without costs.

     Memorandum: Plaintiff appeals from an order affirming City
Court’s judgment in favor of defendant in this small claims action.
The record establishes that plaintiff and defendant gave different
versions of the automobile accident, raising a credibility issue for
the factfinder to resolve (see generally Williams v Roper, 269 AD2d
125, 126-127, lv dismissed 95 NY2d 898; Moses v Randolph, 236 AD2d
706, 707). We affirm the order, inasmuch as we agree with County
Court that “substantial justice has . . . been done between the
parties according to the rules and principles of substantive law”
(UCCA 1807; see Mead Home Improvement, Inc. v Goldstein, 56 AD3d 1179,
1179). Contrary to plaintiff’s further contention, there is no
indication that City Court was biased against him (see Makas v
Every, 224 AD2d 793, 794, appeal dismissed 88 NY2d 867).

Entered:   April 26, 2013                       Frances E. Cafarell
                                                Clerk of the Court