OPINION OF THE COURT Chief Judge Kaye. This personal injury action calls upon us to define the extent to which a court can search the record pursuant to CPLR 3212 (b) and award summary judgment to a nonmoving party. Here, by itself granting defendant summary judgment on an issue that was not presented in the motion papers, the Appellate Division exceeded it…
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