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DEFENDANTS OFFERED A REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR DEFAULT IN THIS EVICTION ACTION, INCLUDING THE COVID-19-RELATED DELAYS; THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CERAP) APPLIES TO EVICTION PROCEEDINGS IN SUPREME COURT, AS WELL AS HOLDOVER PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL COURT (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendants’ motion to vacate the default judgment in this eviction action should have been granted. In addition, the Second Department held the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (CERAP) applied to eviction actions in Supreme Court (not just to holdover proceedings in Civil Court) and remitted the matter for […]

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DEFENDANT IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE PROVED THE AREA WHERE PLAINTIFF ALLEGEDLY SLIPPED AND FELL WAS INSPECTED (AT MOST) AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE FALL; THAT PROOF WAS SUFFICIENT TO AWARD DEFENDANT SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant in this slip and fall case proved it did not have actual or constructive notice of the food on the floor where plaintiff slipped and fell. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment should have been granted: … [T]he defendant established, prima facie, that it did not create or […]

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IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL’S AFFIDAVIT, WHICH WAS BASED SOLELY UPON READING THE COMPLAINT, DID NOT DEMONSTRATE DEFENDANT’S DEFAULT (SECOND DEPT).

he Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the affidavit by plaintiff’s counsel in this foreclosure action did not demonstrate defendant’s default: Generally, in moving for summary judgment in an action to foreclose a mortgage, a plaintiff establishes its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law through the production of the mortgage, the […]

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EVIDENCE THAT PLAINTIFF DID NOT HAVE STANDING TO FORECLOSE, SUBMITTED AFTER A JURY TRIAL AND JUDGMENT FOR THE PLAINTIFF, WARRANTED REVERSAL AND A NEW TRIAL (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court in this foreclosure action, determined defendant’s evidence that plaintiff did not have standing to foreclose, submitted after a jury trial and a judgment of foreclosure, raised a question of fact requiring a new trial: The defendant cross-moved … pursuant to CPLR 4404(b) … for judgment … dismissing the complaint […]

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A DEFENDANT WHO HAS WAIVED INDICTMENT CANNOT PLEAD GUILTY TO A SUPERIOR COURT INFORMATION (SCI) WHICH INCLUDES AN OFFENSE GREATER THAN ANY CHARGED IN THE CORRESPONDING FELONY COMPLAINT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing defendant’s conviction by guilty plea to a superior court information (SCI), over a dissent, determined an SCI cannot include an offense greater than any offense charged in the felony complaint. Here the SCI “charged [defendant] with a higher level offense than any contained in the felony complaint, that is, robbery in […]

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THE RELATION-BACK DOCTRINE APPLIES EVEN WHERE A NEW ACTION HAS BEEN COMMENCED AND CONSOLIDATED WITH A PRIOR ACTION (FIRST DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Rosado, determined the relation-back doctrine applied to the wrongful death action against Dr. Ozcan and reinstated that cause of action. The court noted that the relation-back doctrine applies where, as here, a new action has been commenced and consolidated with a prior […]

ROBERT F KENNEDY, JR’S NOMINATING PETITION DECLARED INVALID (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined that the nominating petition for presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of the We the People Party was properly declared invalid because the New York residency requirement was not met. The address Kennedy listed as his New York residence was a friend’s home where Kennedy stayed one night: … [B]oth Kennedy […]

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STATE DESIGN DEFECT AND FAILURE TO WARN ACTION IS PREEMPTED BY THE FEDERAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT (HMTA), CRITERIA EXPLAINED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Rodriguez, determined the state defective-design and failure-to-warn action stemming from an allegedly defective compressed gas cylinder was preempted by the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA). …”…  [T]he HMTA’s express preemption provision encompasses state law claims ‘about’ ‘the designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, marking, […]

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HERE THE FORECLOSURE ABUSE PREVENTION ACT (CPLR 213(4)) ESTOPPED PLAINTIFF FROM ARGUING THE DEBT HAD NOT BEEN ACCELERATED ON A GROUND NOT RAISED AND ADJUDICATED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) (CPLR 213(4)) prohibited plaintiff mortgage company from asserting a defense to dismissal of the foreclosure action on statute-of-limitations grounds which had not been timely raised and adjudicated. Plaintiff tried to argue the debt was not validly accelerated because of a prior dismissal […]

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A DANGEROUS CONDITION, A DOOR WHICH SWUNG CLOSED ABRUPTLY, IS ALLEGED TO HAVE INJURED PLAINTIFF; TO DEMONSTRATE A LACK OF CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF THE CONDITION OF THE DOOR, THE DEFENDANT MUST SUBMIT EVIDENCE THE DOOR WAS INSPECTED OR MAINTAINED AND FOUND SAFE CLOSE IN TIME TO THE INJURY; THE FAILURE TO SUBMIT SUCH EVIDENCE REQUIRED DENIAL OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the defendants in this premises liability case should not have been granted summary judgment. Plaintiff alleged a door closed abruptly, striking her and causing her to fall. The defendants presented no evidence when the door was last inspected or maintained. Therefore the defendants did not demonstrate a lack […]

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