People v. Susana Toys LLC

2024 NY Slip Op 34477(U)

• Court: New York Supreme Court, New York County
• Decided: December 24, 2024
• Docket: Index No. 451682/2024
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

People v Susana Toys LLC 2024 NY Slip Op 34477(U) December 24, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 451682/2024 Judge: Andrea Masley Cases posted with a "30000" identifier, i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U), are republished from various New York State and local government sources, including the New York State Unified Court System's eCourts Service. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. INDEX NO. 451682/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/24/2024

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK: COMMERCIAL DIVISION PART 48 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------X PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LETITIA INDEX NO. 451682/2024 JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MOTION DATE Petitioner, MOTION SEQ. NO. 001 002 -v- SUSANA TOYS LLC, DECISION + ORDER ON MOTION Respondent.

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HON. ANDREA MASLEY:

The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 001) 4 were read on this motion to/for DISSOLUTION .

The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 002) 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 were read on this motion to/for JUDGMENT - DEFAULT .

In motion seq. no. 001, petitioner moves to enjoin respondent Susana Toys LLC

from continuing any fraudulent or illegal acts and dissolve respondent. In motion seq.

no. 002, petitioner moves, pursuant to CPLR 3215, for a default judgment against

defendants. Both applications are unopposed.

“On a motion for a default judgment under CPLR 3215 based upon a failure to

answer the complaint, a plaintiff demonstrates entitlement to a default judgment against

a defendant by submitting: (1) proof of service of the summons and complaint; (2) proof

of the facts constituting its claim; and (3) proof of the defendant's default in answering or

appearing.” (Medina v Sheng Hui Realty LLC, 2018 WL 2136441, *6-7 [Sup Ct, NY

County 2018] [citations omitted].) “Some proof of liability is also required to satisfy the

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proof is not stringent, amounting only to some firsthand confirmation of the facts.”

(Feffer v Malpeso, 210 AD2d 60, 61 [1st Dept 1994] [citations omitted].)

Proof of Service

Petitioner submits proof that Integra was served with the petition and supporting

documents via the Secretary of State. (NYSCEF 8, aff of service.) The court excuses

the additional service requirement of CPLR 3215 (g)(4)(i), which requires mailing a copy

of the petition by first class to defendant corporation at its last known address because

the address listed for respondent is one for a Susana Petruzsk, who affirms that she is

not affiliated with the respondent corporation and her address was used fraudulently.

(NYSCEF 3, Petruzsk aff.)

Proof of Claim

CPLR 3215 (f) requires a plaintiff to submit “proof of the facts constituting the

claim, the default and the amount due … by affidavit made by the party.” “Where a

verified complaint has been served, it may be used as the affidavit of the facts

constituting the claim and the amount due; in such case, an affidavit as to the default

shall be made by the party’s attorney.” (CPLR 3215 [f].) Where plaintiff’s counsel has

personal knowledge of the facts constituting the action, a complaint verified by counsel

is typically a sufficient affidavit of merits to support a 3215 motion. (State Farm Mutual

Auto. Ins. Co. v Rodriguez, 12 AD3d 662, 663 [2d Dept 2004] [citations omitted].)

However, counsel must “set forth the basis of counsel's personal knowledge of the facts

asserted therein.” (A.B. Med. Servs. PLLC v Travelers Prop. Cas. Corp., 6 Misc 3d 53,

54 [App Term 2004] [citations omitted].) Here, the petition is verified by Assistant

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Attorney General Oluwadamilola E. Obaro. Petitioner also submits the Petruzsk’s

affidavit. (NYSCEF 3.)

In the verified petition, petitioner seeks to dissolve the corporate defendant based

on the fraudulent filing of articles of organization in which respondent misrepresented

the address at which it may receive process from the Secretary of State. Petruzsk’s

affidavit supports these grounds, as Petruzsk affirms that she is not affiliated with the

respondent, did not create the respondent, and that incorporation is a fraud. (Id. at 4.)

Petitioner has sufficiently presented proof of its claim.

Proof of Default

Respondent has not answered or moved with respect to the petition within the

time prescribed by the CPLR. (NYSCEF 28, Obaro aff ¶ 7.)

Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that this motion for default is granted as well as the petition for

dissolution; and it is further

ORDERED and ADJUDGED that Respondent SUSANA TOYS LLC shall be

dissolved for repeated and persistent fraud and illegality in violation of Executive Law §

63(12); and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide a certified copy of this Order

and Judgment to the Attorney General, and it is further

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ORDERED that the Attorney General shall transmit a certified copy of the Order

and Judgment to the Department of State which, by filing a copy of the same, shall

dissolve SUSANA TOYS LLC and remove the address and name of the current

registered agent from its public records.

12/24/2024 DATE ANDREA MASLEY, J.S.C. CHECK ONE: X CASE DISPOSED NON-FINAL DISPOSITION

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