Opinion
9484N Index 654311/12
05-30-2019
EUROCRAFT MILLWORK, INC., et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. B & B CONSTRUCTION, INC., et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Sheats & Bailey, PLLC, Liverpool (Jason B. Bailey of counsel), for appellants. Pick & Zabicki, LLP, New York (Eric C. Zabicki of counsel), for respondents.
Sheats & Bailey, PLLC, Liverpool (Jason B. Bailey of counsel), for appellants.
Pick & Zabicki, LLP, New York (Eric C. Zabicki of counsel), for respondents.
Friedman, J.P., Gische, Webber, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melissa Crane, J.), entered July 26, 2018, which denied plaintiffs Eurocraft Millwork, Inc. and McEvoy Interiors, Inc.'s motion to amend the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Inasmuch as the claim against defendants' counsel alleging disbursement of trust funds in violation of Lien Law article 3A is time barred (see Lien Law § 77[2] ), leave to add it to the complaint was properly denied (see Tabolt v. KMZ Enters., 52 A.D.2d 995, 383 N.Y.S.2d 452 [3d Dept. 1976], affd 43 N.Y.2d 687, 401 N.Y.S.2d 65, 371 N.E.2d 827 [1977] ; MBIA Ins. Corp. v. Greystone & Co., Inc., 74 A.D.3d 499, 901 N.Y.S.2d 522 [1st Dept. 2010] ). Further, the relation-back doctrine does not apply here (see Higgins v. City of New York, 144 A.D.3d 511, 513, 43 N.Y.S.3d 1 [1st Dept. 2016] ).