CHEN v. PHILLIPS (2024)

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York,

Gong Ming CHEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John PHILLIPS and Wei Li, Defendants-Respondents.

571180 /23

Decided: February 14, 2024

PRESENT: Hagler, P.J., Brigantti, Perez, JJ.

Judgment (Emily Morales-Minerva, J.), entered on or about July 13, 2022, reversed, without costs, complaint reinstated and judgment entered in favor of plaintiff in the principal sum of $5,000.

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover the refundable sum of $5,000 that he advanced to defendants in exchange for a financial support affidavit for the benefit of plaintiff's son, who immigrated to the United States. Following an inquest, Civil Court dismissed the complaint on the ground that “plaintiff has not shown, by a preponderance of the evidence, damages in the amount of $5,000.”

Upon review of the record, we find that plaintiff met his burden of setting forth a prima facie case as to damages in the sum of $5,000 (see Oparaji v. 245-02 Merrick Blvd, LLC, 149 AD3d 1091, 1092 [2017]). Plaintiff's testimony and documentary evidence established that, pursuant to the parties’ agreement, he deposited the sum of $5,000 into defendants’ Bank of America account ending in 8736.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

Per Curiam.

All concur.

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