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Yerushalmy v. Resles

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Mar 22, 2018
159 A.D.3d 552 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

6052 Index 654016/16 656096/16

03-22-2018

Oren YERUSHALMY, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Ofer RESLES, Defendant–Respondent. Oren Yerushalmy, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Ofer Resles, Defendant–Respondent.

Bryan Cave LLP, New York (N. Ari Weisbrot of counsel), for appellant. Feuerstein Kulick LLP, New York (David Feuerstein of counsel), for respondent.


Bryan Cave LLP, New York (N. Ari Weisbrot of counsel), for appellant.

Feuerstein Kulick LLP, New York (David Feuerstein of counsel), for respondent.

Tom, J.P., Webber, Oing, Moulton, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy S. Friedman, J.), entered June 26, 2017 (Index No. 656096/16), which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The motion decided by the order on appeal seeks summary judgment converting Israeli judgments in plaintiff's favor against defendant into New York judgments (see CPLR 3213 ; 5303). The Israeli judgments are included among plaintiff's "claims, judgments and debts" against defendant that were settled in an agreement between the parties. The settlement agreement provided, among other things, an option for plaintiff to market and sell a penthouse in which defendant had an interest. Plaintiff moved separately for summary judgment in lieu of complaint on the settlement agreement. The motion court denied both motions on the ground that defendant raised an issue of fact as to whether plaintiff properly exercised the option and therefore as to the rights he retained to enforce his claims (see generally Interman Indus. Prods. v. R.S.M. Electron Power, 37 N.Y.2d 151, 155, 371 N.Y.S.2d 675, 332 N.E.2d 859 [1975] ). We find that since the Israeli judgments are included in the settlement agreement, and an issue of fact exists as to plaintiff's right under the agreement to enforce his claims, the motion court correctly denied the motion addressed to the judgments.


Summaries of

Yerushalmy v. Resles

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Mar 22, 2018
159 A.D.3d 552 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)
Case details for

Yerushalmy v. Resles

Case Details

Full title:Oren YERUSHALMY, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Ofer RESLES…

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

Date published: Mar 22, 2018

Citations

159 A.D.3d 552 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)
2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 1996
70 N.Y.S.3d 377

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