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`OF THE
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`STATE
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`COURT
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`OF KINGS
`--------------------------------------------------------------------------X
`J&M CONSTRUCTION
`J&M INDUSTRIES
`INC.
`D/B/A
`MANAGEMENT,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
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`RED APPLE
`DEVELOPMENT
`LLC,
`AND JANE
`JOHN
`and
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`AVENUE
`180 MYRTLE
`HARTFORD
`FIRE
`DOE "1 THROUGH
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`INSURANCE,
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`Defendant(s).
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`Index
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`No.
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`508488/2016
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`NOTICE
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`OF APPEAL
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`PLEASE
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`TAKE
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`NOTICE
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`that
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`defendants,
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`Red
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`Apple
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`180
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`Myrtle
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`Avenue
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`Development
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`LLC
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`and
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`Hartford
`
`Fire
`
`Insurance
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`Company,
`
`appeal
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`to
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`the
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`Supreme
`
`Court
`
`of
`
`the
`
`State
`
`Appellate
`
`Division,
`
`Second
`
`Department,
`
`from
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`all
`
`portions
`
`of
`
`the
`
`of New York,
`
`Decision
`
`and
`
`Order
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Supreme
`
`Court,
`
`Kings
`
`County,
`
`Lawrence
`
`Knipel,
`
`J.S.C.,
`
`dated
`
`May
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`17,
`
`2018,
`
`and
`
`entered
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`by
`
`the
`
`Kings
`
`County
`
`Clerk
`
`on May
`
`23,
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`2018.
`
`Dated:
`
`East
`August
`
`Meadow,
`3, 2018
`
`New York
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`180 MYRTLE
`RED APPLE
`DEVELOPMENTLLCand
`INSURANCE
`FIRE
`
`AVENUE
`HARTFORD
`COMPANY
`
`By:
`
`/s
`
`Michael
`
`J. Rosenthal
`
`Michael
`
`Esq.
`
`J. Rosenthal,
`Fernandez
`Atanasio
`Sanchez,
`WESTERMANN
`SHEEHY
`SAMAAN
`5 AYDELOTT,
`90 Merrick
`Suite
`Avenue,
`New York
`East
`
`Esq.
`KEENAN
`LLP
`802
`11554
`
`Meadow,
`794-7500
`
`(516)
`
`Counsel
`
`for
`
`Red
`and
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`Apple
`Hartford
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`defendants,
`Avenue
`180 Myrtle
`Fire
`Insurance
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`Development
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`LLC
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`Company
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`J 8 M Construction
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`Issues Continued:
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`Use Form B for Additional
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`Appeal
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`Information
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`~
`Examples of a party's original status include: plaintiff, defendant,
`Fill in the name of each party to the action or proceeding, one
`Instructions:
`If this form is to be filed for an appeal, indicate the status of the
`claimant, defendant
`name per line.
`plaintiff,
`respondent,
`petitioner,
`third-party
`third-party
`defendant, and intervenor.
`Examples of a party's Appellate Division status
`instance and his, her, or its status in this court,
`if
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`fill
`in include:
`respondent,
`respondent-appellant,
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`petitioner, and intervenor.
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`provided.
`Fill in the names of the attorneys or firms of attorneys for the
`Instructions:
`If this form is to be filed with the notice of petition or order
`the box
`represents herself or himself,
`In the event
`that a litigant
`respective parties.
`to show cause by which a special proceeding is to be commenced in the marked "Pro Se" must be checked and the appropriate information for
`that
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`Addendum
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`
`for
`motion
`the mechanic's
`in
`of
`excess
`J&M executed
`
`partial
`summary
`lien
`discharge
`J&M
`amount
`releases
`and
`
`Whether
`the
`on
`judgment
`J&M in excess
`in the
`verified
`
`its
`
`lower
`court
`erred
`counterclaim
`first
`of
`amount
`the
`Lien
`Itemization.
`
`when
`when
`J&M claimed
`
`it denied
`it
`failed
`could
`
`Red
`to
`
`Apple's
`consider
`ever
`
`be
`
`the
`
`motion
`fact
`under
`
`due
`
`partial
`
`Red
`parties'
`
`summary
`Apple
`paid
`contract
`
`the
`when
`
`Whether
`judgment
`included
`amount
`the
`termination
`"against
`[J&M]."
`
`as
`
`any
`
`lower
`court
`it held
`attachments
`J&M claimed
`releases
`balance
`
`certifying
`or
`claim
`
`that
`on
`
`that
`
`erred
`Red
`the
`could
`
`to
`
`when
`
`Apple
`Lien
`ever
`
`be
`payments
`account
`
`due
`
`of
`
`it denied
`failed
`Itemization
`
`to
`
`unpaid
`been
`contract
`the
`would
`be
`vendors
`to J&M's
`Sum due
`from
`Contract
`the
`
`for
`that
`the
`
`for
`
`Red
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`when
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`
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`Apple's
`of
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`J&M had
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`
`charges
`paid
`
`partial
`
`summary
`that
`were
`in excess
`post-
`and
`the
`by J&M
`credited
`[Red
`to
`Apple]
`
`of
`
`Whether
`judgment
`include
`
`all
`
`the
`when
`
`funds
`
`lower
`court
`it held
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`
`when
`erred
`total
`that
`the
`to J&M under
`
`it denied
`contract
`the
`
`contract,
`
`Red
`amount
`
`Apple's
`listed
`
`motion
`in the
`
`for
`
`partial
`summary
`Itemization
`not
`did
`J&M verified
`that
`
`Lien
`fact
`
`the
`
`notwithstanding
`
`1
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`the
`the
`
`Lien
`contract
`
`Itemization
`and
`
`set
`
`and
`Apple
`
`forth
`paid
`
`total
`amount
`the
`J&M in excess
`
`of
`
`have
`it could
`amount.
`that
`
`Red
`
`ever
`
`been
`
`owed
`
`under
`
`Whether
`judgment
`Red
`Apple
`account
`
`the
`
`lower
`
`seeking
`proved
`stated
`was
`
`erred
`
`court
`dismissal
`the
`existence
`duplicative
`
`of
`
`when
`J&M's
`of
`its
`
`of
`
`it denied
`second
`a written
`breach
`
`Red
`cause
`contract
`of
`contract
`
`Apple's
`of
`action
`and
`that
`cause
`
`partial
`
`for
`account
`cause
`
`motion
`for
`J&M's
`of action.
`
`summary
`when
`stated
`of
`action
`for
`
`lower
`
`the
`
`Whether
`judgment
`seeking
`proved
`Red
`Apple
`unjust
`enrichment
`
`erred
`
`court
`dismissal
`the
`existence
`was
`therefore
`
`of
`
`when
`it denied
`third
`J&M's
`a written
`of
`precluded.
`
`Red
`
`of
`
`cause
`contract
`
`Apple's
`action
`and
`
`motion
`for
`unjust
`J&M's
`
`for
`
`partial
`enrichment
`of
`cause
`
`that
`
`summary
`when
`for
`
`action
`
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`STATE
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`COURT
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`OF KINGS
`-----------------------------------------------------------------------X
`J&M CONSTRUCTION
`J&M INDUSTRIES
`INC.
`D/B/A
`MANAGEMENT,
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`-against-
`
`RED APPLE
`DEVELOPMENT
`LLC,
`AND JANE
`JOHN
`and
`
`AVENUE
`180 MYRTLE
`HARTFORD
`FIRE
`DOE "1 THROUGH
`
`INSURANCE,
`10",
`
`M
`--------------------------------------------------------------------X
`
`Defendant(s).
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`Index
`
`No.:
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`508488/2016
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`NOTICE
`
`OF ENTRY
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`PLEASE
`
`TAKE
`
`NOTICE,
`
`that
`
`the
`
`attached
`
`is a true
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Decision
`
`and
`
`Order
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Honorable
`
`Lawrence
`
`Knipel,
`
`dated
`
`May
`
`17,
`
`2018,
`
`which
`
`was
`
`entered
`
`in the Office
`
`of
`
`the
`
`Kings
`
`County
`
`Clerk
`
`on May
`
`23,
`
`2018.
`
`Dated:
`
`East
`
`July
`
`Meadow,
`2018
`19,
`
`New York
`
`RED APPLE
`DEVELOPMENT
`INSURANCE
`
`180 MYRTLE
`LLC
`and
`COMPANY
`
`AVENUE
`HARTFORD
`
`FIRE
`
`By:
`
`Michael
`
`/s
`J. Rosenthal,
`
`Esq.
`
`Michael
`
`Esq.
`
`J. Rosenthal,
`Fernandez
`Atanasio
`Sanchez,
`WESTERMANN
`SHEEHY
`SAMAAN
`& AYDELOTT,
`90 Merrick
`Suite
`Avenue,
`New York
`East
`
`Esq.
`KEENAN
`LLP
`802
`11554
`
`Meadow,
`794-7500
`
`(516)
`
`Counsel
`
`for
`
`Apple
`Red
`Hartford
`
`Fire
`
`defendants,
`180 Myrtle
`Insurance
`
`Avenue
`
`Development
`
`LLC
`
`and
`
`Company
`
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`of
`j
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`07/19/2018
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`TO:
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`PLLC
`Flanagan
`Law,
`Suite
`1370
`Broadway,
`New York
`New York,
`380-1897
`(646)
`
`566
`10018
`
`plaintiff,
`
`for
`Counsel
`J 8 M Industries
`J 8 M Construction
`
`Inc.
`
`d/b/a
`Management
`
`NOTICE
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`OF ENTRY
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`- PAGE
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`2
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`of
`2
`8
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`an
`
`At
`Court
`
`County
`Brooklyn,
`
`Comm-4
`Part
`IAS
`Term,
`of New York,
`of
`the State
`at
`the Courthouse,
`of Kings,
`17th
`New York,
`on the
`
`of
`held
`
`Supreme
`the
`in and
`
`for
`
`the
`
`at Civic
`of May,
`
`Center,
`2018.
`
`day
`
`P R E S E N T:
`
`HON.
`
`LAWRENCE
`
`KNIPEL,
`
`Justice.
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`_...
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`_ _ _--
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`_ _-
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`-.-------------------------X
`
`J&M INDUSTRIES
`J&M CONSTRUCTION
`
`INC.
`
`D/B/A
`MANAGEMENT,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`- against
`
`-
`
`Index
`
`No.
`
`508488/16
`
`RED APPLE
`DEVELOPMENT
`INSURANCEAND
`"I THROUGH
`
`180 MYRTLE
`
`AVENUE
`HARTFORD
`FIRE
`LLC,
`JOHN AND JANE DOE
`
`10,"
`
`_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---------...--------
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`------
`
`-X
`
`The
`
`following
`
`papers
`
`numbered
`
`1 to 7 read
`
`herein:
`
`Defendants.
`
`Notice
`
`of Motion/Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause/
`
`.
`
`Petition/Cross
`
`Motion
`
`and
`
`Papers
`
`Numbered
`
`Annexed
`
`1-4
`
`Affidavits
`
`(Affirmations)
`
`Opposing
`
`Affidavits
`
`(Affirmations)
`
`Reply
`
`Affidavits
`
`(Affirmations)
`
`Affidavit
`
`(Affirmation)
`
`Other
`
`Papers
`
`5, 6
`
`7
`
`Upon
`
`the
`
`foregoing
`
`papers,
`
`defendants
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`180 Myrtle
`
`Avenue
`
`Development
`
`LLC
`
`(Red
`
`Apple)
`
`and
`
`Hartford
`
`Fire
`
`Insurance
`
`(Hartford)
`
`move
`
`for
`
`an
`
`order,
`
`pursuant
`
`to
`
`CPLR
`
`3212,
`
`granting
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`and Hartford
`
`"partial
`
`summary
`
`judgment"
`
`dismissing
`
`the
`
`complaint
`
`of plaintiff
`
`JAM Industries
`
`Inc.
`
`d/b/a
`
`JAM Construction
`
`Management,
`
`discharging
`
`11 of 16
`
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`05/29/2018
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`the Notice
`
`of Mechanic's
`
`Lien
`
`filed
`
`by plaintiff
`
`and
`
`granting
`
`Red Apple
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`on
`
`its
`
`first
`
`counterclaim
`
`seeking
`
`$70,108.59
`
`in overpayments.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`commenced
`
`this
`
`action
`
`for
`
`breach
`
`of
`
`contract
`
`and foreclosure
`
`mechanic'
`of a mechanic's
`
`lien
`
`based
`
`upon
`
`amounts
`
`allegedly
`
`owed
`
`by Red
`
`Apple
`
`in connection
`
`with
`
`the
`
`construction
`
`of
`
`a building
`
`at 180 Myrtle
`
`Avenue
`
`in Brooklyn.
`
`On
`
`September
`
`9, 2014,
`
`plaintiff
`
`entered
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`to
`
`provide
`
`materials
`
`and
`
`equipment
`
`to
`
`into
`
`a
`
`contract
`
`with
`
`complete
`
`the
`
`superstructure
`
`portion
`
`of
`
`the
`
`project
`
`for
`
`the
`
`sum of
`
`$9,450,000.00.
`
`The
`
`contract
`
`contained
`
`a clause
`
`allowing
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`to
`
`terminate
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`at
`
`its
`
`convenience.
`
`Under
`
`section
`
`14.4.3
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract,
`
`if Red
`
`Apple
`
`elected
`
`to terminate
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`at
`
`its
`
`convenience,
`
`"[Plaintiff]
`
`shall
`
`be
`
`entitled
`
`to
`
`receive
`
`payment
`
`for Work
`
`and
`
`reasonable
`
`and
`
`documented
`
`costs
`
`such
`
`provided
`
`properly
`incurred
`
`expenses
`
`executed,
`reason
`
`by
`shall
`
`of
`
`not
`
`include
`
`any
`
`than
`
`surrender
`
`of
`
`deposits
`
`termination,
`termination
`
`early
`for
`leased
`
`or
`
`rented
`
`charges
`
`charges
`
`for
`
`for
`
`anticipated
`
`work
`
`not
`
`profits,
`performed
`
`lost
`
`opportunity
`assessed
`against
`
`that
`
`such
`
`penalties
`
`(other
`
`equipment),
`or
`other
`
`costs,
`
`[plaintiff]
`
`by
`
`its
`
`Subcontractors,
`waives
`and
`releases
`
`suppliers
`
`or
`
`laborers.
`
`all
`
`other
`
`claims
`
`for
`
`including,
`
`without
`
`limitation,
`
`anticipated
`
`[Plaintiff]
`payment
`and
`profits."
`
`hereby
`
`damages,
`
`On or about
`
`January
`
`15, 2015,
`
`plaintiff
`
`commenced
`
`work
`
`on the
`
`project.
`
`On or about
`
`the
`
`March
`
`13,
`
`2015,
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`terminated
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`at
`
`its
`
`convenience.
`
`In
`
`interim,
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`made
`
`payments
`
`to
`
`plaintiff
`
`directly,
`
`or
`
`on
`
`its
`
`behalf,
`
`based
`
`upon
`
`requisitions
`
`for
`
`payment
`
`submitted
`
`by plaintiff.
`
`Following
`
`the
`
`termination
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract,
`
`Red Apple
`
`made
`
`additional
`
`payments
`
`directly
`
`to plaintiff's
`
`subcontractors,
`
`suppliers
`
`and
`
`vendors
`
`and
`
`releases
`
`were
`
`executed
`
`plaintiff
`
`by
`
`in connection
`
`with
`
`these
`
`payments.
`
`2
`
`12 of 16
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`On November
`
`13, 2015,
`
`plaintiff
`
`filed
`
`a Notice
`
`of Mechanic's
`
`Lien
`
`in the
`
`amount
`
`of
`
`$275,639.54.
`
`On
`
`November
`
`18,
`
`2015,
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`procured
`
`a
`
`bond
`
`from
`
`Hartford
`
`discharging
`
`the mechanic's
`
`lien.
`
`On
`
`or
`
`about
`
`December
`
`30,
`
`2015,
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`served
`
`a
`
`demand
`
`uponplaintiffpursuant
`
`to Lien
`
`Law §38
`
`for
`
`an itemized
`
`statement
`
`ofthe
`
`mechanic'
`mechanic's
`
`An
`
`itemized
`
`statement
`
`of
`
`lien
`
`from
`
`dated
`
`April
`
`stated
`
`that
`
`the
`
`total
`
`lien.
`
`plaintiff,
`
`8, 2016,
`
`contract
`
`amount,
`
`as of
`
`the
`
`date
`
`of
`
`termination,
`
`was
`
`$435,365.74,
`
`of which
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`paid
`
`$159,726.20,
`
`leaving
`
`a balance
`
`due
`
`of
`
`$275,639.54.
`
`The
`
`itemized
`
`statement
`
`included
`
`a
`
`spreadsheet
`
`identifying
`
`charges
`
`and
`
`payments
`
`to various
`
`subcontractors
`
`and/or
`
`suppliers
`
`of
`
`plaintiff.
`
`In
`
`support
`
`of
`
`their
`
`motion,
`
`defendants
`
`submit
`
`the
`
`affidavits
`
`of Robert
`
`Zorn,
`
`Red
`
`Apple's
`
`Executive
`
`Vice
`
`and
`
`Emmet
`
`the
`
`Senior
`
`Project
`
`Manager
`
`President,
`
`Friel,
`
`for
`
`McGowan
`
`Builders,
`
`Inc.
`
`(Red
`
`Apple's
`
`construction
`
`manager
`
`for
`
`the
`
`project),
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`releases
`
`indicating
`
`payment
`
`to
`
`or
`
`on
`
`behalf
`
`of
`
`plaintiff
`
`and
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`cancelled
`
`checks.
`
`Among
`
`date,
`
`the
`
`documents
`
`submitted
`
`is a release
`
`dated
`
`March
`
`13,
`
`2015
`
`stating
`
`that
`
`as of
`
`said
`
`plaintiff
`
`received
`
`a total
`
`of
`
`$289,638.07
`
`in
`
`payments.
`
`Also
`
`attached
`
`as exhibits
`
`are
`
`lien
`
`waiver
`
`and
`
`agreements
`
`from
`
`several
`
`post-termination
`
`indemnity
`
`May
`
`4, 2015
`
`through
`
`June
`
`30,
`
`2015,
`
`along
`
`with
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`checks,
`
`indicating
`
`that
`
`payments
`
`totaling
`
`$215,311.26
`
`were
`
`made
`
`to
`
`plaintiff's
`
`subcontractors
`
`and/or
`
`suppliers.
`
`The
`
`agreements,
`
`each
`
`signed
`
`by
`
`plaintiff's
`
`president,
`
`James
`
`Fauci,
`
`indicated
`
`that Red Apple
`
`was
`
`remitting
`
`the
`
`payment
`
`to the
`
`subcontractor
`
`at
`
`the
`
`direction
`
`of
`
`plaintiff
`
`and
`
`that
`
`such
`
`payment
`
`was
`
`to be
`
`credited
`
`against
`
`3
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`13 of 16
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`balance
`
`or
`
`claim
`
`on
`
`account
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`sum due
`
`from
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`to plaintiff.
`
`The
`
`any
`
`agreements
`
`further
`
`provided
`
`that
`
`plaintiff
`
`and
`
`the
`
`relevant
`
`subcontractor
`
`waive
`
`and
`
`release
`
`any
`
`payment-related
`
`claims
`
`and
`
`demands
`
`they may
`
`have
`
`against
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`for
`
`the
`
`work
`
`performed.
`
`The
`
`agreements,
`
`along
`
`with
`
`the
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`checks,
`
`demonstrate
`
`that
`
`payments
`
`were
`
`made
`
`by Red Apple
`
`to the
`
`following
`
`subcontractors
`
`and/or
`
`suppliers:
`
`Bay
`
`Bay
`
`Crane
`
`Service
`
`of
`
`Long
`
`Island
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $1,600
`
`Crane
`
`Services
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $9,472.13
`
`Connolly
`
`& Son
`
`Construction,
`
`Inc.
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $4,000.00
`
`Extech
`
`Building
`
`Materials
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $2,072.22
`
`Fallproof
`
`Systems,
`
`LLC
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $2,500.00
`
`Feldman
`
`Lumber
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $56,191.38
`
`ISG Risk
`
`Management,
`
`Inc.
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $2,550.00
`
`Men
`
`of Steel
`
`Rebar
`
`Fabricators,
`
`LLC
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $10,542.56
`
`Municipal
`
`Building
`
`Consultants,
`
`Inc.
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $3,225.00
`
`Peri
`
`Formwork
`
`Systems,
`
`Inc.
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. $114,075.15
`
`Structure
`
`Tech NY .
`
`.
`
`. $5,000
`
`Defendants
`
`argue
`
`that
`
`the
`
`aforesaid
`
`payments,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`the
`
`$289,638.07
`
`payment
`
`evidenced
`
`the March
`
`by
`
`13,
`
`2015
`
`release,
`
`demonstrate
`
`that Red Apple
`
`paid
`
`plaintiff
`
`and/or
`
`its
`
`subcontractors/suppliers
`
`a total
`
`of
`
`$505,474.33,'
`
`which
`
`exceeds
`
`the
`
`$435,365.74
`
`contract
`
`IThe
`
`actual
`
`amount
`
`established
`
`by
`
`the
`
`submissions
`
`included
`
`in
`
`defendants'
`
`motion
`
`is
`
`$504,949.33.
`
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`
`amount
`
`stated
`
`in
`
`the
`
`itemized
`
`statement
`
`of
`
`lien.
`
`Red
`
`Apple
`
`seeks
`
`to
`
`recover
`
`this
`
`alleged
`
`overpayment
`
`its
`
`counterclaim.
`
`by
`
`"[T]he
`
`proponent
`
`of
`
`a summary
`
`judgment
`
`motion
`
`must make
`
`a prima
`
`facie
`
`showing
`
`of entitlement
`
`to judgment
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law,
`
`tendering
`
`sufficient
`
`evidence"
`
`to eliminate
`
`any
`
`material
`
`issue
`
`of
`
`fact
`
`from
`
`the
`
`case
`
`(Smalls
`
`v AJI
`
`Indus.,
`
`Inc.,
`
`10 NY3d
`
`733,
`
`735
`
`[2008]
`
`omitted]).
`
`The
`
`"[f]ailure
`
`to make
`
`such
`
`[internal
`
`quotation
`
`marks
`
`and
`
`citation
`
`requires
`
`denial
`
`of
`
`the
`
`motion,
`
`regardless
`
`of
`
`the
`
`sufficiency
`
`of
`
`the
`
`opposing
`
`(Winegrad
`
`v New York
`
`Univ.
`
`Med.
`
`Ctr.,
`
`64 NY2d
`
`851,
`
`853
`
`[1985]).
`
`showing
`
`papers"
`
`The
`
`spreadsheet
`
`attached
`
`as
`
`exhibit
`
`"C"
`
`plaintiff'
`plaintiff
`
`to
`
`s itemized
`
`statement
`
`of
`
`lien
`
`includes
`
`many
`
`of
`
`the
`
`post-termination
`
`payments
`
`to
`
`plaintiff's
`
`subcontractors/suppliers
`
`established
`
`by
`
`defendants
`
`in their
`
`motion.2
`
`However,
`
`while
`
`these
`
`payments
`
`are
`
`reflected
`
`in
`
`the
`
`spreadsheet,
`
`they
`
`do
`
`not
`
`appear
`
`to
`
`be
`
`included
`
`in the
`
`calculation
`
`of
`
`the
`
`"Total
`
`Contract
`
`Amount
`
`(as
`
`of Date
`
`of
`
`Termination),"
`
`which
`
`is based
`
`upon
`
`the
`
`total
`
`of all
`
`the
`
`other
`
`payments
`
`listed
`
`in the
`
`spreadsheet,
`
`plus
`
`unpaid
`
`charges
`
`totaling
`
`$164,885.26
`
`allegedly
`
`due
`
`to "Capital
`
`Premium
`
`Financing"
`
`"Decon,"
`
`and
`
`and
`
`a "Direct
`
`Payroll
`
`Cost
`
`-
`
`In
`
`House"
`
`charge
`
`of
`
`their
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`defendants
`
`do
`
`not
`
`proof
`
`that
`
`$108,076.39.
`
`In
`
`summary
`
`judgment,
`
`submit
`
`these
`
`unpaid
`
`charges
`
`were
`
`in
`
`fact
`
`paid
`
`or
`
`address
`
`the
`
`legitimacy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`unpaid
`
`charges
`
`included
`
`in the
`
`spreadsheet.
`
`Defendants
`
`have
`
`simply
`
`demonstrated
`
`that
`
`other
`
`certain
`
`charges
`
`identified
`
`in the
`
`statement
`
`but
`
`not
`
`included
`
`in the
`
`calculation
`
`of
`
`the
`
`total
`
`contract
`
`amount
`
`"as
`
`2The
`$5,000.00
`
`spreadsheet
`payment
`
`the
`
`not
`
`does
`to Structure
`
`recite
`Tech
`
`the
`
`$2,072.22
`
`payment
`
`to Extech
`
`Building
`
`Materials
`
`or
`
`NY.
`
`5
`
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`
`
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`05/29/2018
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`of
`
`the
`
`date
`
`of
`
`termination"
`
`were
`
`duly
`
`paid
`
`(which
`
`is not
`
`disputed).
`
`Since
`
`it appears
`
`from
`
`the
`
`spreadsheet,
`
`however,
`
`that
`
`the
`
`"total
`
`contract
`
`amount"
`amount"
`
`calculation
`
`did
`
`not
`
`include
`
`the
`
`subcontractor/supplier
`
`charges
`
`and
`
`payments
`
`demonstrated
`
`defendants'
`
`by
`
`motion,
`
`defendants
`
`have
`
`not
`
`established
`
`as a matter
`
`of
`
`law
`
`that
`
`the
`
`"total
`
`contract
`
`amount"
`
`was
`
`payments.
`
`In
`
`it
`
`remains
`
`unclear
`
`from
`
`the
`
`record
`
`completely
`
`satisfied
`
`those
`
`by
`
`sum,
`
`what,
`
`if
`
`any,
`
`additional
`
`monies
`
`are owed
`
`to plaintiff
`
`or whether
`
`there
`
`was
`
`otherwise
`
`an overpayment.
`
`Accordingly,
`
`defendants'
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`dismissing
`
`the
`
`complaint,
`
`for
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`on
`
`its
`
`counterclaim
`
`and
`
`for
`
`discharge
`
`of
`
`the Notice
`
`of Mechanic's
`
`Lien
`
`and mechanic's
`
`lien
`
`bond
`
`is denied.
`
`The
`
`foregoing
`
`constitutes
`
`the
`
`decision
`
`and
`
`order
`
`of
`
`the
`
`court.
`
`E N T E
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