{"id":285,"date":"2015-06-01T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2016-12-11T01:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T06:07:09","slug":"knowledge-of-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/?p=285","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge of the Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently opposed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that opposing party&#8217;s attorney\u00a0lacked any knowledge of facts and thus the party failed to meet their burden of proof. Here is an excerpt from my brief: <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is well settled that on a motion for summary judgment, an affidavit of counsel who demonstrates no knowledge of the underlying facts is without probative value.\u201d <\/em>Kimmel, v. Schon<em>, 2013 WL 5500351 (Sup. Ct., Kings Co. 2013). (summary judgment denied where plaintiffs\u2019 counsel\u2019s affirmation was silent regarding basis of knowledge of underlying facts).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>If you have any legal questions or need help with a\u00a0summary judgment motion,\u00a0please contact Attorney Scott Lanin at (212) 764-7250 x 201 or use the contact form in the right sidebar.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently opposed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that opposing party&#8217;s attorney\u00a0lacked any knowledge of facts and thus the party failed to meet their burden of proof. Here is an excerpt from my brief:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ny-business-litigator-blog-ny-real-estate-litigator-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nybusinesslitigator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}