Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
It is axiomatic that to obtain summary judgment "`it is necessary that the movant establish [its] cause of action or defense "sufficiently to warrant the court as a matter of law in directing judgment" in [its] favor (CPLR 3212, subd [b])'" (Zuckerman v City of New York,
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