A claim of illiteracy in the English language is insufficient to avoid the rule that a party who signs a contract without any valid excuse for having failed to read it is conclusively bound by its terms. A party who cannot read English must make an effort to have the document read to him.
Emigrant Mtge. Co., Inc. v. Public Adm'r of Kings County, NY Slip Op 04291 (2d Dep't July 6, 2022)
