Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Van Dyke
| Decision Date | 27 December 2012 |
| Citation | 958 N.Y.S.2d 331,2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 09164,101 A.D.3d 638 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
| Parties | WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., etc., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. June Joan VAN DYKE, et al., Defendants–Appellants, New York City Environmental Control Board, et al., Defendants. Legal Services NYC, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Legal Services NYCBronx, MFY Legal Services, Inc., Staten Island Legal Services, Queens Legal Services, Bedford–Stuyvesant Community Legal Services, JASA/Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens, Empire Justice Center, and Neighborhood Economic Development Project (NEDAP), Amici Curiae. |
101 A.D.3d 638
958 N.Y.S.2d 331
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 09164
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., etc., Plaintiff–Respondent,
v.
June Joan VAN DYKE, et al., Defendants–Appellants,
New York City Environmental Control Board, et al., Defendants.
Legal Services NYC, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Legal Services NYCBronx, MFY Legal Services, Inc., Staten Island Legal Services, Queens Legal Services, Bedford–Stuyvesant Community Legal Services, JASA/Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens, Empire Justice Center, and Neighborhood Economic Development Project (NEDAP), Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Dec. 27, 2012.
Thomas M. Curtis, New York, for appellants.
Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York (David Dunn of counsel), for respondent.
Jacob Inwald, New York, for Legal Services NYC, amicus curiae.
Shira Galinsky, Meghan Faux and Pavita Krishnaswamy, Brooklyn, for South Brooklyn Legal Services, amicus curiae.
James Jantarasami, Bronx, for Legal Services NYC–Bronx, amicus curiae.
Jeanette Zelhof, New York (Renee Cadmus and Linda Jun of counsel), for MFY Legal Services, Inc., amicus curiae.
[958 N.Y.S.2d 332]
Margaret Becker, Staten Island, for Staten Island Legal Services, amicus curiae.
Franklin Romeo, Jamaica, for Queens Legal Services, amicus curiae.
Hon. Betty Staton, Brooklyn (Catherine P. Isobe of counsel), for Bedford–Stuyvesant Community Legal Services, amicus curiae.
Donna Dougherty, Rego Park, for JASA/Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens, amicus curiae.
Rebecca Case–Grammatico, Rochester, for Empire Justice Center, amicus curiae.
Josh Zinner, New York, for Neighborhood Economic Development Project (NEDAP), amicus curiae.
FRIEDMAN, J.P., ACOSTA, RENWICK, RICHTER, ROMÁN, JJ.
[101 A.D.3d 638]Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert E. Torres, J.), entered August 25, 2011, which denied the Van Dyke defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants failed to demonstrate that plaintiff's representative was not fully authorized to negotiate a settlement of this residential foreclosure action on plaintiff's behalf or that the negotiations that were had were a sham ( seeCPLR 3408). Contrary to defendants' apparent belief, plaintiff was not required by CPLR 3408 to offer them a settlement. While the aspirational goal of CPLR 3408 negotiations is that the parties “reach a mutually agreeable resolution to help the defendant avoid losing his or her home” (CPLR 3408[a] ), the statute...
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