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USURY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE WHICH IS WAIVED IF NOT RAISED, SUPREME COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE SEVERED USURIOUS PROVISIONS OF LOAN AGREEMENTS WHERE DEFENDANT DEFAULTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined Supreme Court did not have the power to find provisions of loan agreements usurious. Defendant defaulted in the action to enforce the loan agreements. Usury is an affirmative defense which is waived if not raised by a defendant:

Pursuant to CPLR 3215, a plaintiff may seek a default judgment against a defendant who fails to appear or answer … . A plaintiff moving for a default judgment against a defendant must submit proof of service of the summons and complaint, proof of the facts constituting the cause of action, and proof of the defaulting defendant’s failure to answer or appear … .

Here, the plaintiff, by its submissions, met all of these requirements and, thus, demonstrated its entitlement to a default judgment against the defendants … . The Supreme Court erred when it severed those provisions of the agreements which it found to be illegal pursuant to the criminal usury statute. Usury is an affirmative defense which a defendant must either assert in an answer or as a ground to move to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211. Otherwise, the defense is waived … . Power Up Lending Group, Ltd. v Cardinal Resources, Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 02351, Second Dept 4-4-18

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