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Vasquez v. Nat'l Sec. Corp.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
May 12, 2016
139 A.D.3d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

585, 155613/14.

05-12-2016

Christopher VASQUEZ, etc., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION, Defendant–Appellant, Mark Goldwasser, Defendant.

Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York (Daniel J. Buzzetta of counsel), for appellant. Virginia & Ambinder, LLP, New York (James Emmet Murphy of counsel), for respondent.


Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York (Daniel J. Buzzetta of counsel), for appellant.

Virginia & Ambinder, LLP, New York (James Emmet Murphy of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Werner Kornreich, J.), entered May 4, 2015, which granted plaintiff's motion to give notice of the impending dismissal of the complaint to putative class members pursuant to CPLR 908, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court correctly required notice of the impending dismissal of the putative class action even though the class had not been certified. The court correctly relied on our decision in Avena v. Ford Motor Co., 85 A.D.2d 149, 447 N.Y.S.2d 278 (1st Dept.1982), the subsequent amendment of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) to restrict the notice requirement to dismissals, discontinuances and compromises of “certified class” actions notwithstanding. The legislature, presumably aware of the law as stated in Avena, has not amended CPLR 908 to conform to the federal statute. Although defendant-appellant raises policy arguments in support of its position, its remedy lies with the legislature and not with this Court (see Bright Homes v. Wright, 8 N.Y.2d 157, 162, 203 N.Y.S.2d 67, 168 N.E.2d 515 [1960] ).

We have considered defendant-appellant's other contentions and find them unavailing.

TOM, J.P., FRIEDMAN, SAXE, RICHTER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Vasquez v. Nat'l Sec. Corp.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
May 12, 2016
139 A.D.3d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
Case details for

Vasquez v. Nat'l Sec. Corp.

Case Details

Full title:Christopher VASQUEZ, etc., Plaintiff–Respondent, v. NATIONAL SECURITIES…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: May 12, 2016

Citations

139 A.D.3d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 3817
29 N.Y.S.3d 809

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