Opinion
9251 Index 35367/14E
05-09-2019
CALIBER HOME LOANS INC., E Plaintiff–Respondent, v. XIU LIAN TANG, et al., Defendants–Appellants.
Law Offices of Vincent S. Wong, New York (Eugene Kroner of counsel), for appellants. Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Depew (Margaret J. Cascino of counsel), for respondent.
Law Offices of Vincent S. Wong, New York (Eugene Kroner of counsel), for appellants.
Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Depew (Margaret J. Cascino of counsel), for respondent.
Sweeny, J.P., Gische, Tom, Gesmer, Singh, JJ.
Judgment of foreclosure and sale, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ben R. Barbato, J.), entered September 22, 2017, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants waived the defense of lack of standing by failing to assert it in the answer or in a timely motion to dismiss ( CPLR 3211[e] ; Bank of Am., N.A. v. Brannon, 156 A.D.3d 1, 7, 63 N.Y.S.3d 352 [1st Dept. 2017] ). The defense of lack of personal jurisdiction fails in view of defendant Jian Shi Xu's pro se answer and the subsequent appearance of counsel on behalf of both defendants ( CPLR 321[a] ; National Loan Invs., L.P. v. Piscitello, 21 A.D.3d 537, 801 N.Y.S.2d 331 [2d Dept. 2005] ).