Opinion
2019–09158 Index No. 51109/19
12-09-2020
MAPLE MEDICAL, LLP, respondent, v. Lisa H. YOUKELES, etc., appellant, et al., defendant.
Nolan Heller Kauffman LLP, Albany, N.Y. (Justin A. Heller and Brendan J. Carosi of counsel), for appellant. Finger & Finger, White Plains, N.Y. (Carl L. Finger of counsel), for respondent.
Nolan Heller Kauffman LLP, Albany, N.Y. (Justin A. Heller and Brendan J. Carosi of counsel), for appellant.
Finger & Finger, White Plains, N.Y. (Carl L. Finger of counsel), for respondent.
ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MARK C. DILLON, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In an action, inter alia, for a declaratory judgment and to recover damages for unjust enrichment, the defendant Lisa H. Youkeles appeals from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lawrence H. Ecker, J.), dated July 5, 2019. The order and judgment, insofar as appealed from, granted that branch of the plaintiff's motion which was for summary judgment declaring that it is entitled to receive certain funds in the principal amount of $20,000, denied that branch of the cross motion of the defendant Lisa H. Youkeles which was for summary judgment on her counterclaim for a judgment declaring that she is entitled to receive those funds, declared that the plaintiff is entitled to receive the subject funds, and directed the escrow agent to release the funds to the plaintiff.
ORDERED that the order and judgment is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, that branch of the plaintiff's motion which was for summary judgment declaring that it is entitled to receive certain funds in the principal amount of $20,000 is denied, that branch of the cross motion of the defendant Lisa H. Youkeles which was for summary judgment on her counterclaim for a judgment declaring that she is entitled to receive those funds is granted, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester County, for the entry of a judgment, among other things, declaring that the defendant Lisa H. Youkeles is entitled to receive the subject funds in the principal amount of $20,000 and directing the release of the funds to that defendant 30 days after service of this decision and order with notice of entry, provided that in the event the plaintiff timely moves for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals, the funds shall remain in escrow pending a determination of such motion and, if such motion is granted, pending a determination of that appeal.
We reverse the order and judgment insofar as appealed from for the reasons stated in Maple Med., LLP v. Scott, ––– A.D.3d ––––, ––– N.Y.S.3d ––––, 2020 WL 7233649 [Appellate Division Docket No. 2019–09157 ; decided herewith] ).
SCHEINKMAN, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.