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  • How Much Can A Subcontractor Collect on Its Mechanics’ Lien?

    Layout is a mechanics’ lien foreclosure action.[1] The defendant owner (“Owner”) in Layout, hired general discharged by a bond obtained from a surety (the “Surety”) by Subcontractor.[2] The Lienor commenced an action

  • So Many Fraud Issues. So Little Space to Write About Them

    misrepresentation of material present fact, which is intended to deceive another party and induce that party to act the latter, which are actionable, includes statements of present or historical fact. It is actionable because it is capable of objective verification. E.g. , White v. To show transaction causation, the plaintiffs must demonstrate that but for the defendant’s wrongful acts that RKA impermissibly lumped most of the defendants “together with the others against whom specific acts

  • Fraud Allegations Dismissed Due To Bankruptcy Non-Disclosure

    In Rubin, plaintiff, once the majority shareholder of a healthcare company, brought the action alleging In 2018, plaintiff commenced the action seeking, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud, repayment “The failure of a party to disclose a cause of action as an asset in a prior bankruptcy proceeding, which of that proceeding, deprives him or her of the legal capacity to sue subsequently on that cause of action Instead, the action was resolved on a threshold issue – the capacity to sue.

  • Second Department Holds Foreclosure Sale Still Valid Despite Reversal of Related Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

    Upon the borrower’s default, the lender commenced a mortgage foreclosure action[1] in which a notice that the report was not supported by admissible evidence.[3] Thereafter, the borrower commenced an action recognized that constructive notice is unnecessary at a foreclosure sale because “the purchaser has actual nonetheless negated upon reversal of the judgment because the notice of pendency of the foreclosure action referee's deed and, instead, is limited to monetary relief against the plaintiff to the foreclosure action

  • When Fraud Is Not Redundant: The Intersection of Merger Clauses and Duplicative Claims Doctrine

    On December 30, 2021, plaintiff commenced the action against 2252 Third Avenue for breach of contract of $3,000,000, plus interest (the “Judgment”).[2] Thereafter, in May 2024, plaintiff commenced the action [was] duplicative of the breach of contract cause of action.”[8] In New York, fraudulent inducement and the breach of contract cause of action.”[13] The Court explained that “[u]nder the circumstances Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 29 N.Y.3d 137, 142 (2017).

  • It’s Settled – When to Settle an Order Pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.48

    (b) Failure to submit the order or judgment timely shall be deemed an abandonment of the motion or action There, in a mortgage foreclosure action, lender moved to confirm a referee’s report of sale and for leave Ahmed, 243 A.D.3d 851 (2d Dept. 2025), another mortgage foreclosure action. timely “settle” an order in accordance with 22 NYCRR 202.48 and stated that “a court should not deem an action After the defendant failed to appear in the action the plaintiff moved for a default judgment.

  • To Settle an Order or Not to Settle an Order, That is the Question

    (b) Failure to submit the order or judgment timely shall be deemed an abandonment of the motion or action There, in a mortgage foreclosure action, lender moved to confirm a referee’s report of sale and for leave Rahman was also a mortgage foreclosure action in which borrower defaulted in appearing. [Eds. Moreover, a court should not deem an action or judgment abandoned where the result would not bring the

  • Breaking Ground or Breaking Promises: Dispute Over $1.075 Million Construction Claim

    breach of contract and promissory estoppel, reversing the motion court’s dismissal of the causes of action Plaintiff subsequently commenced the action, asserting multiple causes of action. million in expenses.”[4] Based on the foregoing, the Court concluded that “plaintiff stated the cause of action

  • Court Finds Settlement Offer Memorialized and Subscribed in Email Sufficient to Constitute an Enforceable Agreement

    is “clear, final and the product of mutual accord.”[2] Thus, an out-of-court agreement settling an action Fox Media LLC.[11] In Kellinger, the parties verbally agreed to settle the action for $15,000, which in relevant part that “An agreement between parties or their attorneys relating to any matter in an action

  • Judgment Debtors as LLC Members: How LLC Law § 607 Constrains Creditor Remedies

    Finance Holding involved a judgment enforcement action in which the petitioner sought to satisfy a nearly a consequence of petitioner obtaining a judgment against respondent for $1,903,366.57 in a related action In that action, petitioner was seeking to enforce that judgment against respondent directly. relief restraining the transfer of membership interests, a declaration establishing priority over other actual

  • Mechanics’ Liens and Discharge Bonds

    Once filed, a mechanics’ lien is valid for one year “unless within that time an action is commenced to foreclose the lien, and a notice of the pendency of such action … is filed with the county clerk of If an action to foreclose the lien is not commenced within the extension period, the lien can only be Section 19(4) of the lien law provides that “[e]ither before or after the beginning of an action by the Four months later, in March of 2022, the Sub commenced an action to foreclose its lien, but failed to

  • The Right to Seek Dissolution by The Estate of a Deceased Member

    “[f]or any injury,” and “[n]o cause of action for injury to person or property is lost because of the death of the person in whose favor the cause of action existed.”[3] Thus, causes of action seeking monetary damages survive a decedent’s death, and the proper party to maintain an action to recover monetary damages Under LLCL § 702, a dissolution action may be brought “[o]n application by or for a member.” Of Claim For Judicial Dissolution Of LLC, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Court Denies Motion To Dismiss Action

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