Document for Andrew Oppenheimer v. North Merrick Fire Department, North Merrick Fire District, Merrick Fire Department, Bellmore Fire Department, Bellmore Fire District, Town Of Hempstead, The New York State Volunteer Firemen'S Parade And Drill Team Captains Association, Inc., Nassau County Volunteer Firemens Parade And Drill Team Captains Association, Inc., Paul Wilders

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                                FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 03/04/2024 01:57 PM             INDEX NO. 607514/2022
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 61                                   RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/04/2024




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FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 03/04/2024 01:57 PM                        INDEX NO. 607514/2022
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 61                                         RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/04/2024




          SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
          COUNTY OF NASSAU
                                                    X
          ANDREW OPPENHEIMER,
                                                        AFFIDAVIT
                            Plaintiff,

                -against                                Action   #1


          NORTH MERRICK FIRE DEPARTMENT, NORTH          Index No.: 60751412022
          MERRICK FIRE DISTRICT, MERRICK FIRE
          DEPARTMENT, BELLMORE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
          BELLMORE FIRE DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD,
          THR NEW YORK ST'ATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S
          PARADE AND DRILL TEAM CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION,
          INC., NASSAU COUNTY VOLLTNTEER FIREMEN'S
          PARADE AND DRILL TEAM CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION,
          INC., and PAUL WILDERS,

                            Defendants.
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          VINU JACOB,

                            Plaintiff,
                                                        Action#2
                -against-
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          NORTH MERRICK FIRE DEPARTMENT, NORTH
          MERRICK FIRE DISTRICT, MERRICK FIRE
          DEPARTMENT, BELLMORE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
          BELLMORE FIRE DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD,
          THE NEW YORK STATE VOLLINTEER FIREMEN'S
          PARADE AND DRILL TEAM CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION,
          INC., NASSAU COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S
          PARADE AND DRILL TEAM CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION,
          INC., and PAUL WILDERS,

                            Defendants

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          STATE OF NEW YORK         )
                                    )    SS:
          COUNTY OF NASSAU          )
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                 I, PAUL WILDERS, make the following affirmation under penalty of perjury:

                  1.      I am the Commissioner of the Norlh Merrick Fire Department and I hereby submit

          this Affidavit under the penalties of perjury.

                 2.       On July 70,2021,1was present at the Four Towns Firefighting Training Center,

          located at 1640 Merrick Road, Merrick, New York, in my official capacity as a member of the

          North Merrick Fire District to participate in a training event known as the Nassau County Drill

          Competition.

                 3.       In the early afternoon of .luly 10,2021, at the Four Towns Firefighting Training

          Center, located     at   1640   Merrick Road, Merrick, New York, while participating in the Nassau

          County Drill Competition, I was operating a North Merrick Fire Department hose tender truck that

          came into contact with a North Bellmore Fire District ambulance in my official capacity as a

          member of the North Merrick Fire District.

                 4.       I   subsequently learned that Norlh Bellmore Fire District volunteer emergency

          medical technicians, Andrew Oppenheimer and Vinu .Iacob, were inside a North Bellmore Fire

          District ambulance when the vehicle I was operatir"rg came into contact with the subject North

          Bellmore Fire District ambulance.

          I affirm this   I
                          ouy or lYifffch, 38Y under the penalties of perjury unrler the laws of New
          York, which may include a fine or imprisonmento that the foregoing is true, and I
          understand that this document may be filed in an action or proceeding in a court of law.




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