Vamattam v. Thomas

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.), dated May 21, 1992, which granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

It is well settled that "the drastic remedy of summary judgment is appropriate * * * where a thorough examination of the merits clearly demonstrates the absence of any triable issue of fact” (Piccirillo v Piccirillo, 156 AD2d 748, 750; see also, Marine Midland Bank v Dino & Artie’s Automatic…