L & M Plumbing, Inc. v. Decker

Decision Date18 September 1995
Citation219 A.D.2d 619,631 N.Y.S.2d 393
PartiesL & M PLUMBING, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Harris Andrew DECKER, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Window-Tech, Inc., Defendant-Respondent, et al., Defendants.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Tenzer, Greenblatt, Fallon & Kaplan, New York City (Harris N. Cogan and Amal Aly, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

David I. Grauer, White Plains, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before MANGANO, P.J., and JOY, KRAUSMAN and FLORIO, JJ.

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.

In an action, inter alia, to foreclose a mechanic's lien, the defendants Harris Andrew Decker and Anna Spector Decker appeal from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), entered March 2, 1994, which denied their motion, in effect, to set aside an oral decision of the same court which, after a nonjury trial awarded damages to the plaintiff and the defendant Window-Tech, Inc., and (2) a judgment of the same court dated March 14, 1994, which is in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $63,756 and the defendant Window-Tech, Inc. in the sum of $39,493.74, including punitive damages and attorney's fees.

ORDERED that the appeal from the order is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as no appeal lies from an order denying a motion to set aside a decision (see, Behrens v. Behrens, 143 A.D.2d 617, 532 N.Y.S.2d 893); and it is further,

ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, on the law and the facts, and the complaint is dismissed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellants are awarded one bill of costs.

The Supreme Court erred in awarding judgment in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant Window-Tech, Inc. (hereinafter Window-Tech) since the plaintiff's mechanic's lien terminated by operation of law on May 9, 1993, three years after it was extended by the plaintiff's filing of the notice of pendency, and the respondent Window-Tech failed to submit any evidence showing that it timely filed such a notice of pendency (see, Lien Law § 17; CPLR 6513; Sunny Constr. v. Revella, 131 A.D.2d 560, 516 N.Y.S.2d 486; Modular Steel Systems v. Avlis Contr. Corp., 89 A.D.2d 891, 453 N.Y.S.2d 455; Spartan Concrete Corp. v. Harbour Val. Homes, 71 A.D.2d 950, 420 N.Y.S.2d 14).

Moreover, neither the plaintiff nor Window-Tech has demonstrated that the defendants diverted and/or misappropriated trust assets in violation of Lien Law article 3-A (cf., Caristo Constr. Corp. v. Diners Fin. Corp., 21 N.Y.2d 507, ...

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    • New York State Bar Association Practical Skills: Mechanic's Liens (NY) II Private Liens
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