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COMMISSIONERS OF the STATE INSURANCE FUND, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COUNTRY CARTING CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered August 5, 1998, in an action to recover unpaid workers' compensation premiums, in favor of plaintiff and against defendants in the principal amount $399,833.88, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff's unrebutted business records, which included the insurance application, audit worksheets and resulting invoices and statement of accounts for a balance due, were sufficient to make out a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see, Commissioners of State Ins. Fund v. Allou Distribs., 220 A.D.2d 217, 632 N.Y.S.2d 5). Defendants' claimed need for disclosure of plaintiff's assumptions and methodologies was properly rejected by the IAS court in view of their prolonged inactivity prior to the motion, plaintiff's full explanation of the one apparent anomaly in its bills specifically challenged by defendants, and defendants' failure to explain how plaintiff's bills do not reflect the audits signed by their accountant. We have considered defendants' other arguments and find them unpersuasive.
MEMORANDUM DECISION.
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Decided: October 05, 1999
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
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