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A00880 Summary:

BILL NOA00880
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORWeprin
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd R3212, CPLR
 
Relates to motions for summary judgment.
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A00880 Actions:

BILL NOA00880
 
01/11/2023referred to codes
01/03/2024referred to codes
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A00880 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A880
 
SPONSOR: Weprin
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to motions for summary judgment   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to solve what has become a vexing and frus- trating problem encountered by many attorneys: how to determine which deadline for a summary judgment motion applies to a given case.   JUSTIFICATION: CPLR 3212 (a) was amended by Chapter 492 of the Laws of 1996 in an effort to curtail abusive motion practice, in which a motion for summary judgment was often made immediately before trial, resulting in unwar- ranted delay. A principal difficulty, which has now arisen as a result of the 1996 amendments, stems from the undefined term "the court." At present, devi- ations from the 120-day post-Note-of-Issue ("NoI") default deadline may be found in County rules, part rules, individual judge's rules, and decisions within each case. The information, where published, is diffi- cult to locate and may not be up-to-date. Since the Court of Appeals' decision in Brill v City of New York, 2 NY3d 648 (2004) held that a failure to comply with the applicable rule renders the motion fatally defective, absent "good cause" shown for the delay, this legislation is needed to make identification of and compli- ance with the appropriate deadline less burdensome. Indeed, the confusion has already engendered inconsistent Appellate Division deci- sions on whether confusion concerning the applicable rule is itself "good cause" for missing the shorter deadline (contrast Crawford v Liz Claiborne, Inc., 45 A.D.3d 284 1St Dept. 2007, with Gomez v Penmark Realty Corp., 50 A.0.3d 607 1St Dept. 2008), and the Court of Appeals' decision in Crawford v Liz Claiborne, Inc., 2008 NY Slip Op 07989 (10/23/08), had to parse the language of two conflicting rules to find that Brill did not apply. This amendment would limit the search for a deadline shorter than the statutory default to one place: the prior Orders in the specific case. It also serves the salutary function of allowing Judges more flexibility in setting summary judgment deadlines, taking into account factors unique to each case, such as its complexities, outstanding discovery, number of parties, and the number of parties seeking summary judgment, as well as considerations which may change with time, such as current trial calendar congestion.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 02/08/17 referred to codes 01/03/18 referred to codes   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: This bill would have no financial impact on the State.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately upon its becoming law and shall apply to all actions pending or commenced on and after such date.
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A00880 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           880
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to motions
          for summary judgment
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of rule 3212 of the civil practice law  and
     2  rules, as amended by chapter 492 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    (a)  Time; kind of action.  Any party may move for summary judgment in
     5  any action, after issue has been  joined;  provided  however,  that  the
     6  court  by  order specific to the case may set a date after which no such
     7  motion may be made, such date being no earlier than  thirty  days  after
     8  the  filing  of  the note of issue. If no such date is set by the court,
     9  such motion shall be made no later than one hundred  twenty  days  after
    10  the  filing  of  the  note  of issue, except with leave of court on good
    11  cause shown.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    13  actions pending or commenced on and after such effective date.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01533-01-3
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