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PROVIDENT BANK, etc., respondent, v. Edward V. GIANNASCA, defendant, Thomas Riordan, appellant.
In an action to recover on a guaranty, the defendant Thomas Riordan appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), entered September 25, 2007, as, upon an order of the same court dated August 24, 2007, granting the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the complaint, is in favor of the plaintiff and against him in the principal sum of $644,000. The appellant's notice of appeal from the order dated August 24, 2007, is deemed to be a notice of appeal from the judgment entered September 25, 2007 (see CPLR 5512[a] ).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The plaintiff made a prima facie showing of its entitlement to summary judgment by submitting proof of the existence of an underlying note, a guaranty executed by the appellant, and a failure to make payment in accordance with the terms of the note and guaranty (see Verela v. Citrus Lake Dev., Inc., 53 A.D.3d 574, 862 N.Y.S.2d 96; Northport Car Wash, Inc. v. Northport Car Care, LLC, 52 A.D.3d 794, 859 N.Y.S.2d 378; North Fork Bank Corp. v. Graphic Forms Assoc., Inc., 36 A.D.3d 676, 828 N.Y.S.2d 194; JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Gamut-Mitchell, Inc., 27 A.D.3d 622, 811 N.Y.S.2d 777; Sacco v. Sutera, 266 A.D.2d 446, 698 N.Y.S.2d 532). In opposition to the motion, the appellant failed to raise a triable issue of fact with respect to a bona fide defense (see Verela v. Citrus Lake Dev., Inc., 53 A.D.3d 574, 862 N.Y.S.2d 96; Famolaro v. Crest Offset, Inc., 24 A.D.3d 604, 807 N.Y.S.2d 387; Sacco v. Sutera, 266 A.D.2d 446, 698 N.Y.S.2d 532). Although the appellant claims that the plaintiff negligently advanced funds to the principal debtor in violation of a building loan agreement, this claim is not properly before us because it is raised for the first time on appeal, and is based upon new factual allegations which are outside the record (see e.g. Gallagher v. Gallagher, 51 A.D.3d 718, 858 N.Y.S.2d 710; Edme v. Tanenbaum, 50 A.D.3d 624, 855 N.Y.S.2d 596; Ozelkan v. Tyree Bros. Envtl. Servs., Inc., 29 A.D.3d 877, 815 N.Y.S.2d 265; Weber v. Jacobs, 289 A.D.2d 226, 733 N.Y.S.2d 910).
The appellant's further contention that summary judgment should not have been granted because the plaintiff failed to include copies of the pleadings with its motion papers is also not properly before this Court, as it is raised for the first time on appeal (see Blazynski v. A. Gareleck & Sons, Inc., 48 A.D.3d 1168, 852 N.Y.S.2d 500; Medina v. MSDW 140 Broadway Prop., L.L.C., 13 A.D.3d 67, 786 N.Y.S.2d 152).
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Decided: October 21, 2008
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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