Opinion
2012-09-19
LIFETIME TECHNOLOGY, INC., et al., appellants, v. PORTABLES UNLIMITED, INC., et al., respondents, et al., defendants.
Christopher Chen, Flushing, N.Y., for appellants. Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, East Meadow, N.Y. (Jaspreet S. Mayall of counsel), for respondent Portables Unlimited, Inc. (no brief filed).
Christopher Chen, Flushing, N.Y., for appellants. Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, East Meadow, N.Y. (Jaspreet S. Mayall of counsel), for respondent Portables Unlimited, Inc. (no brief filed).
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Hallie B. Levin and Jason C. Rubinstein of counsel), for respondent T–Mobile USA, Inc.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Strauss, J.), entered September 2, 2011, which granted the motion of the defendants Portables Unlimited, Inc., and T–Mobile USA, Inc., pursuant to CPLR 7503(a) to compel arbitration and stay all proceedings in this action.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs' contention that the Supreme Court should have held an evidentiary hearing prior to reaching a determination on the motion of the defendants Portables Unlimited, Inc. (hereinafter Portables), and T–Mobile USA, Inc. (hereinafter T–Mobile), pursuant to CPLR 7503(a) to compel arbitration and stay all proceedings in this action, is not properly before this Court, as it is being raised for the first time on appeal ( see Waterman v. Weinstein Mem. Chapel, 49 A.D.3d 717, 853 N.Y.S.2d 623;Pile v. Grant, 41 A.D.3d 810, 839 N.Y.S.2d 778;Evergreen Sys. v. Geotech Lizenz, 155 A.D.2d 584, 547 N.Y.S.2d 602).
The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are also not properly before this Court, as they are being raised for the first time on appeal ( see Waterman v. Weinstein Mem. Chapel, 49 A.D.3d 717, 853 N.Y.S.2d 623;Pile v. Grant, 41 A.D.3d 810, 839 N.Y.S.2d 778;Evergreen Sys. v. Geotech Lizenz, 155 A.D.2d 584, 547 N.Y.S.2d 602).