Miller v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance

Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: Defendants’ adjustor stated in *728an affidavit that he estimated plaintiffs’ fire loss as $146,216.25 and supported that estimate by an itemized statement. Those documents, together with an affidavit of defendants’ attorney adopting that loss figure, were submitted in support of a motion by defendants. When a party adopts a statement of another for its own purposes in connection with a lawsuit, the statement may be used as an admission against that party (Richardson, Evidence [Prince, 10th edl, § 251; see, also, Rudolph v Hancock Mut. Life…