1523 Real Estate, Inc. v. East Atlantic Properties, LLC
Decision Date | 12 June 2007 |
Docket Number | 2006-10468. |
Citation | 2007 NY Slip Op 05244,41 A.D.3d 567,839 N.Y.S.2d 111 |
Parties | 1523 REAL ESTATE, INC., Appellant, v. EAST ATLANTIC PROPERTIES, LLC, et al., Respondents. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The fixing of the amount of an undertaking is a matter within the sound discretion of the court, and will not be disturbed absent an improvident exercise of discretion (see Lelekakis v Kamamis, 303 AD2d 380 [2003]; Blueberries Gourmet v Aris Realty Corp., 255 AD2d 348, 350 [1998]). The amount of the undertaking must not be based upon speculation and must be rationally related to the damages the nonmoving party might suffer if the court later determines that the relief should not have been granted (see Lelekakis v Kamamis, supra; 7th Sense v Liu, 220 AD2d 215, 217 [1995]). The amount of the undertaking will be reduced where the amount fixed is found to be excessive (see G.P.K. Rest. Enters. v Paravalos, 253 AD2d 450 [1998]).
Here, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in increasing the amount of the undertaking to the sum of $1,000,000. Further, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting those branches of the defendants' motion which were to direct the plaintiff to commence paying rent and real estate taxes pursuant to the lease on November 1, 2006 (see Metropolitan Transp. Auth. v 2 Broadway, 279 AD2d 315 [2001]; Sportsplex of Middletown v Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., 221 AD2d 428 [1995]; 61 W. 62nd Owners Corp. v Harkness Apt. Owners Corp., 173 AD2d 372 [1991]).
Actions should be resolved on the merits wherever possible (see Zouev v City of New York, 32 AD3d 850 [2006]), and the nature and degree of the penalty to be imposed pursuant to CPLR 3126 is a matter of discretion with the court (see Birch Hill Farm v Reed, 272 AD2d 282 [2000]). In addition, the drastic remedy of striking an answer is inappropriate absent a clear showing that the failure to comply with discovery demands is willful and contumacious (see Russo v Tolchin, 35 AD3d 431, 434 [2006]; Prappas v...
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