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ABSENCE OF AN ATTORNEY’S SIGNATURE ON A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY’S NOTICE OF CLAIM WAS NOT A JURISDICTIONAL DEFECT, COURT OF CLAIMS CAN NOT GRANT EQUITABLE RELIEF WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO THE REQUESTED MONETARY RELIEF.

The Third Department, reversing the Court of Claims, determined claimant limited liability company’s (LLC’s) notice of claim could be amended to add an attorney’s signature. The notice of claim was timely filed pro se. The defendant argued that the failure to have the claim filed by an attorney representing the LLC violated CPLR 321 (a) and was a jurisdictional defect. The Third Department disagreed, finding the application of CPLR 321 (a) flexible and the related requirement nonjurisdictional. The court also noted that the claimant’s demand for equitable relief was not incidental to the requested monetary relief and therefore must be dismissed as beyond the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims:

… [D]efendant does not point to any service or filing provision — or any other provision — of the Court of Claims Act that prohibits claimant from pro se representation. Instead, defendant relies on CPLR 321 (a), which provides that, subject to express exceptions, a “corporation or voluntary association shall appear by attorney” to “prosecute or defend a civil action,” and “like a corporation or a voluntary association, [an] LLC may only be represented by an attorney and not by one of its members who is not an attorney admitted to practice in the state of New York” … . Thus, as an initial matter, we conclude that compliance with CPLR 321 (a) does not implicate subject matter jurisdiction, as compliance with that provision is not a prerequisite to the waiver of sovereign immunity pursuant to the Court of Claims Act … . * * *

… [G]iven the flexibility of the prohibition on corporate pro se representation and the Legislature’s express intent that technical irregularities in filing are subject to correction, absent prejudice and upon just terms … we hold that, under these circumstances, the irregularity of claimant’s initial filing was one that the Court of Claims could have disregarded, given counsel’s subsequent appearance on behalf of claimant, by granting so much of claimant’s motion to amend the claim as added counsel’s signature … . Hamilton Livery Leasing, LLC v State of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 04943, 3rd Dept 6-15-17

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