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`05/29/2018
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`OF NEW YORK
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`SUNLIGHT
`
`GENERAL
`
`CAPITAL
`
`LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`- against
`
`-
`
`CJS INVESTMENTS
`EFFISOLAR
`LLC,
`
`INC.,
`ENERGY
`
`CLEAN
`JERSEY
`CORPORATION,
`
`SOLAR
`
`Defendants.
`
`PLEASE
`
`TAKE
`
`NOTICE
`
`that,
`
`upon
`
`the Affirmation
`
`of Daniel
`
`J. Hurteau,
`
`Esq.,
`
`sworn
`
`to May
`
`23, 2018,
`
`and all other
`
`pleadings
`
`and proceedings
`
`heretofore
`
`had herein,
`
`and sufficient
`
`cause
`
`being
`
`alleged
`
`therefor,
`
`it
`
`is hereby:
`
`ORDERED
`
`that Defendant
`
`Effisolar
`
`Energy
`
`Corporation
`
`("Effisolar")
`
`show
`
`cause
`
`Saliann
`
`Scarpulla
`
`at
`
`the New York
`
`60 Centre
`
`before
`
`the Hon.
`
`County
`
`Courthouse,
`
`Street, New
`
`York,
`
`New
`
`York
`
`10007,
`
`on the
`
`day of June,
`
`2018,
`
`at Mr3thttfr.,
`
`or as soon
`
`thereafter
`
`as
`
`counsel
`
`can be heard,
`
`why
`
`an Order
`
`should
`
`not be granted,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR 5001
`
`and
`
`5004,
`
`awarding
`
`Plaintiff
`
`pre-verdict
`
`statutory
`
`interest
`
`on damages
`
`ofNine
`
`Hundred
`
`Sixty-Eight
`
`Thousand
`
`Dollars
`
`($968,000.00)
`
`computed
`
`from April
`
`23, 2010
`
`to the date
`
`the verdict
`
`awarding
`
`said
`
`damages
`
`was
`
`rendered,
`
`February
`
`.15,15, 2018,
`
`amounting
`
`to Six-Hundred
`
`Eighty-Two
`
`Thousand
`
`Four
`
`Hundred
`
`Forty
`
`Dollars
`
`($682,440.00);
`
`and it
`
`is further
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`-
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`-
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`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`service
`
`shall
`
`be made
`
`upon
`
`Effisolar
`
`of a copy
`
`A
`
`this Order
`of
`15cE
`F
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
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`and supporting
`
`papers
`
`no later
`
`than May
`
`~~,~~,
`
`, 2018,
`
`and the same
`
`shall
`
`be deemed
`
`good
`
`and sufficient
`
`service
`
`thereof;
`
`and it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`papers
`
`in opposition
`
`to this
`
`application,
`
`if any,
`
`shall
`
`Court
`
`and served
`
`on counsel
`
`for Plaintiff,
`
`Daniel
`
`J. Hurteau,
`
`Esq.,
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`v;v;
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`be delivered
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`to the
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`''
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`so as to be received
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`no later
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`than
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`5:00
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`p.m.
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`on June
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`, 2018;
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`and
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`FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/30/2018 03:59 PM
`CLERK
`COUNTY
`: NEW YORK
`FILED
`05/24/2018
`12:56
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`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 105
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`05/24/2018
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`OF NEW YORK
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`SUNLIGHT
`
`GENERAL
`
`CAPITAL
`
`LLC,
`
`- against
`
`-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`OF
`AFFIRMATION
`J. HURTEAU
`DANIEL
`
`CJS
`
`LLC,
`
`INVESTMENTS
`EFFISOLAR
`
`INC.,
`ENERGY
`
`JERSEY
`CLEAN
`CORPORATION,
`
`SOLAR
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`Defendants.
`
`|
`
`DANIEL
`
`J. HURTEAU,
`
`an attorney
`
`duly
`
`admitted
`
`to practice
`
`law before
`
`the Courts
`
`of
`
`the State
`
`of New York,
`
`affirms
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of perjury:
`
`1.
`
`I am a partner
`
`at
`
`the
`
`law
`
`firm Nixon
`
`Peabody
`
`LLP,
`
`counsel
`
`to SunLight
`
`General
`
`Capital
`
`("
`Sunlight"
`LLC ("Sunlight").
`
`As
`
`such,
`
`I am fully
`
`familiar
`
`with
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`and
`
`circumstances
`
`relevant
`
`to this matter.
`
`2.
`
`I
`
`respectfully
`
`submit
`
`this
`
`Affirmation
`
`in support
`
`of Sunlight's
`
`motion
`
`for
`
`an
`
`pursuant
`
`5001
`
`and
`
`on
`
`order,
`
`to CPLR
`
`5004,
`
`awarding
`
`Sunlight
`
`pre-verdict
`
`statutory
`
`interest
`
`damages
`
`of Nine
`
`Hundred
`
`Sixty-Eight
`
`Thousand
`
`Dollars
`
`($968,000.00)
`
`computed
`
`from
`
`April
`
`23,
`
`2010
`
`to the
`
`date
`
`the
`
`verdict
`
`awarding
`
`said
`
`damages
`
`was
`
`rendered,
`
`February
`
`15, 2018,
`
`amounting
`
`to Six-Hundred
`
`Eighty-Two
`
`Thousand
`
`Four
`
`Hundred
`
`Forty
`
`Dollars
`
`($682,440.00).
`
`3.
`
`Under
`
`CPLR
`
`5001,
`
`pre-verdict
`
`interest
`
`must
`
`be awarded
`
`as of
`
`right
`
`"upon
`
`a sum
`
`awarded
`
`because
`
`of a breach
`
`of performance
`
`contract...."
`of a contract
`
`.."
`
`.
`
`.
`
`4.
`
`On February
`
`15, 2018,
`
`the jury
`
`returned
`
`a verdict
`
`against
`
`Effisolar
`
`Energy
`
`Corporation
`
`("Effisolar")
`
`on Sunlight's
`
`breach
`
`of
`
`contract
`
`claim.
`
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`COUNTY
`: NEW YORK
`FILED
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`5.
`
`In New York,
`
`the
`
`rate
`
`of pre-verdict
`
`interest
`
`is codified
`
`at 9% per
`
`annum
`
`by
`
`statute.
`
`CPLR
`
`5004.
`
`6.
`
`7.
`
`Pre-verdict
`
`interest
`
`begins
`
`to run
`
`from
`
`the
`
`period
`
`that
`
`a claim
`
`accrues.
`
`Under
`
`the
`
`statute,
`
`pre-verdict
`
`interest
`
`"shall
`
`be computed
`
`from
`
`the
`
`earliest
`
`ascertainable
`
`date
`
`the
`
`cause
`
`of action
`
`existed,
`
`except
`
`that
`
`interest
`
`upon
`
`damages
`
`incurred
`
`thereafter
`
`shall
`
`be computed
`
`from
`
`the
`
`date
`
`incurred."
`
`5001(b).
`
`CPLR
`
`8.
`
`The Court,
`
`upon motion,
`
`must
`
`specify
`
`the
`
`date
`
`from
`
`which
`
`pre-verdict
`
`interest
`
`will
`
`be computed,
`
`where
`
`the jury
`
`does
`
`not
`
`fix
`
`the
`
`date. CPLR
`
`5001(c).
`
`9.
`
`Here,
`
`based
`
`on voluminous
`
`documents
`
`and
`
`testimony
`
`presented
`
`at
`
`trial,
`
`Sunlight's
`
`breach
`
`of
`
`contract
`
`cause
`
`of action
`
`against
`
`Effisolar
`
`accrued
`
`on April
`
`23,
`
`2010.
`
`10.
`
`This
`
`is the
`
`date
`
`the Sunlight
`
`representative
`
`Ed Klehe
`
`testified
`
`he was
`
`asked
`
`to
`
`owner
`
`of
`
`leave
`
`a meeting
`
`between
`
`Effisolar
`
`and
`
`the
`
`the
`
`property
`
`at
`
`issue
`
`(CJS)
`
`where
`
`those
`
`two
`
`parties
`
`entered
`
`an agreement
`
`to develop
`
`the properties,
`
`and
`
`left
`
`Sunlight
`
`out
`
`of
`
`the
`
`arrangement.
`
`11.
`
`It was
`
`the
`
`entry
`
`of
`
`that
`
`agreement
`
`between
`
`Effisolar
`
`and CJS
`
`on April
`
`23,
`
`2010
`
`that
`
`Sunlight
`
`claimed
`
`was
`
`the
`
`breach
`
`of
`
`the
`
`non-contravention
`
`clause
`
`of
`
`the Effisolar/Sunlight
`
`Non-Disclosure
`
`Agreement.
`
`verdict
`
`been
`
`Sunlight
`
`has
`
`calculated
`
`12.
`
`The
`
`having
`
`rendered
`
`on February
`
`15, 2018,
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of pre-verdict
`
`interest
`
`as Six-Hundred
`
`Eighty-Two
`
`Thousand
`
`Four
`
`Hundred
`
`Forty
`
`Dollars
`
`($682,440.00)
`
`from
`
`April
`
`23,
`
`2010.
`
`13.
`
`Pursuant
`
`to CPLR 2217(b),
`
`the
`
`relief
`
`requested
`
`herein
`
`has
`
`to date
`
`not
`
`previously
`
`been
`
`requested
`
`in this matter.
`
`14.
`
`Courtesy
`
`copies
`
`of
`
`this
`
`Affirmation
`
`and
`
`plaintiff's
`
`proposed
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
`
`have
`
`been
`
`provided
`
`to defendant
`
`via
`
`e-mail.
`
`4850-5341-3734.1
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`FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/30/2018 03:59 PM
`CLERK
`COUNTY
`: NEW YORK
`FILED
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`WHEREFORE,
`
`for
`
`the
`
`reasons
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`above,
`
`SunLight
`
`respectfully
`
`requests
`
`that
`
`the
`
`Court
`
`grant
`
`an order,
`
`pursuant
`
`to CPLR
`
`5001
`
`and
`
`5004,
`
`awarding
`
`Sunlight
`
`pre-verdict
`
`statutory
`
`interest
`
`on damages
`
`of Nine
`
`Hundred
`
`Sixty-Eight
`
`Thousand
`
`Dollars
`
`($968,000.00)
`
`computed
`
`from
`
`April
`
`23,
`
`2010
`
`to the
`
`date
`
`the
`
`verdict
`
`awarding
`
`said
`
`damages
`
`was
`
`rendered,
`
`February
`
`15,
`
`2018,
`
`amounting
`
`to Six-Hundred
`
`Eighty-Two
`
`Thousand
`
`Four
`
`Hundred
`
`Forty
`
`Dollars
`
`($682,440.00).
`
`Dated:
`
`24,
`
`May
`Albany,
`
`2018
`New York
`
`J. Hurteau
`/s/ Daniel
`Daniel
`J. Hurteau
`
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