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BY ENTERING A STIPULATION SETTLING A FORECLOSURE ACTION, DEFENDANT WAIVED ANY DEFECT IN SERVICE OF THE COMPLAINT, THE STIPULATION WAS VALID EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT OCCUR IN COURT, EMAILS AND PAYMENT OF A SETTLEMENT AMOUNT MEMORIALIZED THE STIPULATION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, over a dissent, determined that defendant Campbell had waived any defect in service of process by entering into a stipulation of settlement in this foreclosure action. The court held that the stipulation settling the deficiency judgment, which did not occur in court, was memorialized by emails and the payment of an agreed settlement amount. The dissent argued there was insufficient evidence of a stipulation entered into by Campbell and therefore Campbell’s motion to vacate the default judgment on the ground she was never served with the complaint should have been granted:

… [I]n vacating the settlement of the deficiency judgment “in the interests of justice,” the Supreme Court incorrectly determined that Campbell was not represented by counsel. In fact, Campbell was represented by counsel when she settled and made payment on the deficiency judgment. As part of the settlement, the plaintiff agreed not to proceed in other pending foreclosure actions against Campbell. Additionally, Campbell retained the same attorney with respect to other actions arising out of the settlement. By settling the deficiency judgment, Campbell clearly submitted to the court’s jurisdiction and acknowledged the validity of the judgment… . Therefore, we disagree with the court’s determination granting Campbell’s motion to vacate the judgment of foreclosure and sale, the subsequent foreclosure sale, the order of reference, the referee’s deed, and the settlement of the deficiency judgment, the terms of which had been fully performed.

Contrary to the position of our dissenting colleague, a formal stipulation of settlement need not be contained in the record. Here, the terms of the settlement were contained in contemporaneous emails between the plaintiff’s attorney and Campbell’s attorney, and by a check in the amount on which they had agreed. Campbell does not deny that she paid the amount for which she agreed to settle the deficiency judgment. That fully performed settlement two years before Campbell moved to vacate her default effectively waived her defense that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over her … . Eastern Sav. Bank, FSB v Campbell, 2018 NY Slip Op 08465, Second Dept 12-12-18

CPLR 2104

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