In re Part 60 Put-Back Litigation

Docket Number84
Decision Date22 December 2020
In this residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) action the Court of Appeals reversed the order of the Appellate Division and reinstated the order of Supreme Court, holding that, in a breach of contract action, the public policy rule prohibiting parties from insulating themselves from damages caused by grossly negligent conduct applies only to exculpatory clauses or provisions that limit liability to a nominal sum At issue was a contract that contained a sole remedy provision that...

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64 cases
  • Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. McGrath
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York
    • 19 July 2021
    ...must be directed to plaintiff; and (4) it must be part of a pattern directed at the public." Matter of Part 60 Put-Back Litig. , 141 N.Y.S.3d 410, 422, 36 N.Y.3d 342, 165 N.E.3d 180 (2020) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting N.Y.Univ. , 639 N.Y.S.2d at 287, 662 N.E.2d 763 ). Further......
  • IKB International, S.A. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 30 August 2022
    ...to sit on its hands," which would "effectively nullify the ... language of the repurchase protocol"]; cf. Matter of Part 60 Put–Back Litig., 36 N.Y.3d 342, 348, 165 N.E.3d 180 [2020] [a "sole remedy provision [that] purports to limit, but not eliminate, the remedies available to the plainti......
  • AEA Middle Mkt. Debt Funding v. Marblegate Asset Mgmt.
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court
    • 18 November 2021
    ...long as the contract language is clear and unequivocal and the clause does not violate statutory law or a separate rule of public policy" (id. at 352). A contract clause shields a party from liability for its willful or grossly negligent acts is against public policy and will not be enforce......
  • Yuille v. Uphold HQ Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York
    • 11 August 2023
    ...liability for breaches of contract when the breach arises from grossly negligent conduct. See Matter of Part 60 Put-Back Litig., 36 N.Y.3d 342, 141 N.Y.S.3d 410, 165 N.E.3d 180, 185-86 (2020) ("In a pure breach of contract case, where a defendant's conduct does not give rise to separate lia......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Keeping Current-Property
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Probate & Property No. 35-3, May 2021
    • 1 May 2021
    ...for the ruling. The court felt compelled to enforce the bar- gain, freely made between sophisticated parties. In re Part 60 Put-Back Litig., 36 N.Y.3d 342 (N.Y. 2020). NUISANCE: Public nuisance nance is facially valid, but owner is entitled to judicial review of its chal- lenges before cond......