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FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 08/04/2020 03:24 PM
`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
`
`INDEX NO. 514097/2020
`
`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/04/2020
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF KINGS
`--------------------
`
`JILL
`
`ROSE
`
`-against-
`
`OF THE
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`---------------------x
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`No:
`Date
`Filed:
`SUMMONS
`
`s Address
`Plaintiff
`376 Clinton
`
`Street
`NY 11231
`
`MME GROUP
`
`LLC d/b/a MMEink
`
`Brooklyn,
`
`Defendant
`........,______________________..___________
`
`----
`
`----------X
`
`To the
`
`above
`
`named
`
`defendant(s):
`
`The
`
`basis
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`of venue
`residence
`
`is:
`
`YOU ARE HEREBY
`
`SUMMONED
`
`to answer
`
`the
`
`complaint
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`and to serve
`
`a
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`your
`
`answer,
`
`or,
`
`if
`
`the
`
`complaint
`
`is not
`
`served
`
`with
`
`this
`
`summons,
`
`to serve
`
`a notice
`
`of
`
`within
`
`after
`
`appearañce,
`
`on the Plaintiff's
`
`attorneys
`
`twenty
`
`(20)
`
`days
`
`the
`
`service
`
`of
`
`this
`
`summons,
`
`exclusive
`
`of
`
`the
`
`date
`
`of
`
`service
`
`(or within
`
`thirty
`
`(30)
`
`days
`
`after
`
`the
`
`service
`
`is
`
`complete
`
`if
`
`this
`
`summons
`
`is not personally
`
`delivered
`
`to you within
`
`the State
`
`ofNew
`
`York)
`
`and in case
`
`of your
`
`failure
`
`to appear
`
`or answer,
`
`judgment
`
`will
`
`be taken
`
`against
`
`you
`
`by default
`
`for
`
`the
`
`relief
`
`demanded
`
`in the
`
`complaint.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`New York
`August
`4, 2020
`
`Dean
`Dreiblatt
`ROSE & ROSE
`for Plaintiff
`Attorneys
`13th .
`291 Broadway,
`New York,
`New York
`349-3366
`(212)
`
`10007
`
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`INDEX NO. 514097/2020
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/04/2020
`
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF KINGS
`
`JILL
`
`ROSE
`
`OF THE
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW Y ORK
`
`---.-.--...--------------X
`
`Plaintiffs,
`
`-against-
`
`MME GROUP
`
`LLC d/b/a MMEink
`
`Index
`
`No:
`
`COMPLAINT
`
`-------------
`
`Defendant
`
`PLAINTIFF,
`
`by
`
`its attorneys,
`
`--______--...-X
`ROSE & ROSE,
`
`complaining
`
`of
`
`the Defendant
`
`hereby
`
`allege
`
`as follows:
`
`1.
`
`2.
`
`BACKGROUND
`
`Plaintiff
`
`Jill Rose
`
`is a resident
`
`of Kings
`
`County,
`
`City
`
`and State
`
`of New York.
`
`Defendant
`
`MME Group
`
`LLC ("MME")
`
`is a limited
`
`liability
`
`company
`
`established
`
`under
`
`the
`
`laws
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New York. MME does
`
`business
`
`as and
`
`is also
`
`known
`
`as "MMEink".
`
`MME has
`
`its principal
`
`office
`
`in Nassau
`
`County,
`
`New York.
`
`MME is in the
`
`business
`
`of,
`
`inter
`
`alia,
`
`,providing
`
`entertainment
`
`services
`
`for
`
`events
`
`such
`
`as weddings,
`
`bar mitzvahs
`
`and
`
`parties.
`
`3.
`
`On
`
`or
`
`about
`
`July
`
`9,
`
`2019,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`entered
`
`into
`
`a contract
`
`with
`
`Defendant
`
`for
`
`entertainment
`
`services
`
`for
`
`the Bar Mitzvah
`
`of Plaintiff's
`
`son,
`
`Jake Rose
`
`("Jake")
`
`scheduled
`
`for May
`
`2, 2020.
`
`The
`
`entertainment
`
`services
`
`were
`
`to include,
`
`inter
`
`alia,
`
`the services
`
`of an MC and D J, sports
`
`gaming,
`
`other
`
`games
`
`and
`
`entertainment
`
`for
`
`the
`
`bar mitzvah
`
`and
`
`the
`
`guests,
`
`including
`
`the
`
`children
`
`attending.
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`was
`
`to take
`
`place
`
`at
`
`the Water
`
`Club,
`
`in New York,
`
`New York
`
`on
`
`May
`
`2, 2020.
`
`4.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`paid
`
`Defendant
`
`$8,000.00
`
`as
`
`a "Retainer
`
`Fee"
`
`or
`
`security
`
`deposit
`
`in
`
`connection
`
`with
`
`the
`
`aforesaid
`
`contract.
`
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`5.
`
`Said
`
`contract
`
`was
`
`entered
`
`into
`
`in Kings
`
`County,
`
`State
`
`of New York,
`
`and was
`
`for
`
`services
`
`to be rendered
`
`in the City,
`
`County
`
`and State
`
`of New York.
`
`6.
`
`On March
`
`20,
`
`2020,
`
`Governor
`
`Andrew
`
`Cuomo
`
`issued
`
`Executive
`
`Order
`
`202.8
`
`as a
`
`result
`
`of
`
`the COVID-19
`
`pandemic.
`
`Executive
`
`Order
`
`202.8
`
`essentially
`
`directed
`
`all
`
`non-essential
`
`business
`
`to
`
`close
`
`their
`
`offices
`
`and
`
`prohibited
`
`events
`
`such
`
`as Jake's
`
`bar mitzvah.
`
`As
`
`a result
`
`of
`
`Executive
`
`Order
`
`202.8
`
`and
`
`the COVID-19
`
`pandemic,
`
`it was
`
`impossible
`
`to have
`
`Jake's
`
`bar mitzvah
`
`at
`
`the Water
`
`Club
`
`or at any
`
`other
`
`location
`
`in the City,
`
`County
`
`or State
`
`of New York.
`
`7.
`
`As a result
`
`ofExecutive
`
`Order
`
`202.8
`
`and the COVID-19
`
`pandemic,
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`at
`
`the Water
`
`Club
`
`was
`
`cancelled,
`
`and the Water
`
`Club
`
`refunded
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`r monies
`
`that
`
`she paid
`
`to
`
`the Water
`
`Club.
`
`8.
`
`On March
`
`27, 2020,
`
`Plaintiffrequested
`
`in writing
`
`that Defendantreturn
`
`the $8,000.00
`
`Retainer
`
`of
`
`the cancellation
`
`of Jake's
`
`Executive
`
`Fee on the basis
`
`Bar Mitzah,
`
`Order
`
`202.8
`
`and other
`
`city
`
`and
`
`state mandates
`
`prohibiting
`
`Jake's
`
`bar mitzah
`
`from
`
`taking
`
`place
`
`as planned.
`
`9.
`
`Defendant
`
`refused
`
`to
`
`return
`
`the
`
`Retainer
`
`Fee,
`
`claiming
`
`that
`
`the
`
`Fee was
`
`.
`
`.
`
`"nonrefundable".
`
`10.
`
`Pursuant
`
`to
`
`subsequently
`
`issued
`
`Executive
`
`Orders
`
`and
`
`city
`
`and
`
`state mandates,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is still
`
`prohibited
`
`from holding
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`as a party
`
`or event
`
`requiring
`
`Defendant's
`
`entertainment
`
`services.
`
`postpone
`
`or
`
`reschedule
`
`Bar
`
`1 1.
`
`It
`
`is
`
`impossible
`
`to
`
`Jake's
`
`Mitzvah,
`
`as there
`
`is no
`
`indication
`
`when
`
`governmental
`
`mandates
`
`will
`
`permit
`
`a party
`
`or event
`
`at
`
`the Water
`
`Club
`
`or
`
`similar
`
`location.
`
`This
`
`cannot
`
`go on foreover.
`
`Jake
`
`cannot
`
`perpetually
`
`and
`
`eternally
`
`study
`
`the
`
`pertinent
`
`Torah
`
`passages.
`
`Therefore,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has been
`
`compelled
`
`to replan
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar Mitvah
`
`as a
`
`"Zoom"
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`on August
`
`15, 2020.
`
`The
`
`"Zoom"
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`will
`
`take
`
`place
`
`in Plaintiff's
`
`residence
`
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`and will
`
`be limited
`
`to Plaintiff's
`
`immediate
`
`family.
`
`There
`
`will
`
`be no
`
`guests
`
`and
`
`no
`
`children
`
`to
`
`entertain.
`
`As
`
`such,
`
`there
`
`will
`
`be no need
`
`for Defendant's
`
`services.
`
`AS FOR A FIRST
`
`RESCISSION
`OF ACTION:
`CAUSE
`OF PERFORMANCE
`IMPOSSIBILITY
`
`ON THE BASIS
`
`OF
`
`12.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and
`
`realleges
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in paragraphs
`
`1 through
`
`11 as
`
`if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`events
`
`the
`
`control
`
`of
`
`the
`
`,such
`
`as
`
`the
`
`coronavirus
`
`13.
`
`Unanticipated
`
`beyond
`
`parties,
`
`pandemic
`
`and
`
`government
`
`orders
`
`and mandates
`
`have
`
`made
`
`performance
`
`under
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`impossible.
`
`The Water
`
`Club
`
`and
`
`other
`
`similar
`
`locations
`
`are
`
`prohibited
`
`from
`
`having
`
`or hosting
`
`events,
`
`parties
`
`and other
`
`gatherings
`
`such
`
`as Jake's
`
`Bar Mitzvah.
`
`In fact,
`
`The Water
`
`Club
`
`and similar
`
`locations
`
`were
`
`closed
`
`as a result
`
`of Executive
`
`Order
`
`202.8
`
`and
`
`the
`
`coronavirus
`
`pandemic
`
`and
`
`laws
`
`and mandates
`
`from
`
`remained
`
`closed
`
`beyond
`
`June
`
`2020.
`
`Defendant
`
`is barred
`
`by government
`
`performing
`
`its
`
`services.
`
`14.
`
`Therefore,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is
`
`entitled
`
`to
`
`rescission
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`between
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`pursuant
`
`to the
`
`impossibility
`
`of performance
`
`doctrine
`
`and
`
`to the
`
`return
`
`of
`
`the Retainer
`
`Fee
`
`in the
`
`amount
`
`of $8,000.00.
`
`AS FOR A SECOND
`
`OF ACTION:
`RESCISSION
`CAUSE
`COMMERCIAL
`IMPRACTICABILITY
`
`ON THE BASIS
`
`OF
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and
`
`realleges
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in paragraphs
`
`1 through
`
`11 as
`
`15.
`
`if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`16.
`
`The
`
`basic
`
`assumption
`
`of
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`underlying
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`was
`
`that
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar
`
`Mitzvah
`
`would
`
`be held
`
`at
`
`the Water
`
`Club
`
`on May
`
`2, 2020.
`
`The
`
`contract
`
`was
`
`predicated
`
`upon
`
`the
`
`holding
`
`of
`
`the
`
`bar mitzvah
`
`at
`
`the Water
`
`Club
`
`on that
`
`date.
`
`Absent
`
`Jake's
`
`Mitzvah,
`
`there
`
`would
`
`be
`
`no need
`
`for Defendant's
`
`services.
`
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`17.
`
`Performance
`
`of Defendant's
`
`services
`
`pursuant
`
`to
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`has
`
`been
`
`rendered
`
`impracticable
`
`and
`
`impossible
`
`the
`
`coronavirus
`
`epidemic
`
`by
`
`and
`
`by
`
`state
`
`and
`
`city mañdates.
`
`18.
`
`Therefore,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is
`
`entitled
`
`to
`
`rescission
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`between
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`pursuant
`
`to the doctrine
`
`of commercial
`
`impracticability
`
`and
`
`to the return
`
`of
`
`the Retainer
`
`Fee
`
`in the
`
`amount
`
`of $8,000.00.
`
`AS FOR A THIRD
`
`ON THE BASIS
`
`OF
`
`OF ACTION:
`CAUSE
`FRUSTRATION
`
`RESCISSION
`OF PURPOSE
`
`19.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and realleges
`
`the
`
`allegations
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in paragraphs
`
`1 through
`
`18 as
`
`if
`
`'
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`20.
`
`Defendant's
`
`performance
`
`of
`
`entertainment
`
`services
`
`at
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`at
`
`the
`
`Water
`
`Club
`
`was
`
`completely
`
`and
`
`totally
`
`the
`
`basis
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract.
`
`Absent
`
`Jake's
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`at
`
`the
`
`(or
`
`even
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`would
`
`have made
`
`little
`
`the
`
`Water
`
`Club
`
`a similar
`
`location,
`
`sense.
`
`At
`
`current
`
`time,
`
`such
`
`Bar Mitzvah
`
`event
`
`and Defendant's
`
`services
`
`are prohibited
`
`by
`
`goverment
`
`mandate
`
`and
`
`preluded
`
`by
`
`the
`
`coronavirus
`
`pandemic,
`
`and
`
`there
`
`is no
`
`indication
`
`when
`
`such
`
`event
`
`could
`
`be held.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has been
`
`compelled
`
`to have
`
`a
`
`"Zoom"
`
`Bar Mitzvah,
`
`in which
`
`Defendant's
`
`services
`
`make
`
`no sense.
`
`Performance
`
`of Defendant's
`
`services
`
`pursuant
`
`to
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`has
`
`been
`
`rendered
`
`21.
`
`impracticable
`
`and
`
`impossible
`
`the
`
`coronavirus
`
`epidemic
`
`by
`
`and
`
`by
`
`state
`
`and
`
`city mandates.
`
`22.
`
`Therefore,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`is
`
`entitled
`
`to
`
`rescission
`
`of
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`between
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`pursuant
`
`to the doctrine
`
`of
`
`frustration
`
`of purpose
`
`and
`
`to the return
`
`of
`
`the Retainer
`
`Fee in the amount
`
`of $8,000.00.
`
`AS FOR A FOURTH
`
`CAUSE
`
`OF ACTION:
`
`UNJUST
`
`ENRICHMENT
`
`23.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`repeats
`
`and
`
`realleges
`
`the allegations
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in paragraphs
`
`1 through
`
`22 as
`
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`if
`
`fully
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`herein.
`
`24.
`
`Defendant
`
`has beenunjustly
`
`enriched
`
`by keeping
`
`the Retainer
`
`Fee despite
`
`the fact
`
`that
`
`Defendant
`
`is barred
`
`from
`
`performing
`
`under
`
`the
`
`contract
`
`at
`
`the
`
`expense
`
`of Plaintiff.
`
`25.
`
`It
`
`is against
`
`equity
`
`and
`
`good
`
`conscience
`
`to permit
`
`Defendant
`
`to retain
`
`the Retainer
`
`Fee.
`
`26.
`
`Plaintiff
`
`has
`
`been
`
`damaged
`
`in
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of
`
`$8,000.00
`
`as Defendant
`
`has
`
`been
`
`unjustly
`
`enriched.
`
`an Order
`
`the
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`Plaintiff
`
`respectfully
`
`requests
`
`that
`
`the Court
`
`issue
`
`rescinding
`
`contract
`
`between
`
`the
`
`parties
`
`and
`
`entering
`
`judgment
`
`be entered
`
`against
`
`Defendant
`
`in the
`
`amount
`
`$8,000.00
`
`plus
`
`interest
`
`from
`
`April
`
`1, 2020,
`
`award
`
`the
`
`Plaintiff
`
`her
`
`costs,
`
`disbursements
`
`and
`
`reasonable
`
`attorneys
`
`fees,
`
`together
`
`with
`
`such
`
`other
`
`and further
`
`reliefas
`
`this Court
`
`may
`
`deem just
`
`and
`
`proper.
`
`Dated:
`
`New York,
`18, 2020
`July
`
`New York
`
`De
`
`reiblatt
`
`Yours,
`
`etc.,
`
`ROSE & ROSE
`for Plaintiff
`Attorneys
`13th floor
`291 Broadway,
`New York,
`New York
`349-3366
`(212)
`
`10007
`
`6 of 6
`
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