Assembly Bill A2373

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6552 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2019-A2373 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6552
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Add §1405, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2576, S2392
2011-2012: A630, S3761
2013-2014: A1002, S555
2015-2016: A251, S563
2017-2018: A1500, A9031, S412
2021-2022: A3486, S5152
2023-2024: A2127, S5188

2019-A2373 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a plaintiff to recover directly against a third party defendant found to be liable to the defendant in certain actions.

2019-A2373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2373
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to permit-
   ting a plaintiff to recover against a third party defendant in certain
   cases
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 section 1405 to read as follows:
   § 1405. PERMITTING PLAINTIFF, AS JUDGMENT CREDITOR AGAINST  DEFENDANT,
 TO  RECOVER  AND  COLLECT  UNSATISFIED  JUDGMENT  OR PORTION OF JUDGMENT
 AGAINST THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT OR CO-DEFENDANT LIABLE FOR CONTRIBUTION OR
 INDEMNIFICATION. (A) WHERE A PLAINTIFF HAS ENTERED A JUDGMENT AGAINST  A
 DEFENDANT  AND THE JUDGMENT REMAINS UNSATISFIED THIRTY DAYS AFTER IT HAS
 BEEN SERVED ON THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR,  AND  WHERE  JUDGMENT  HAS
 BEEN  ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR AGAINST A CO-DE-
 FENDANT OR THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT ON A CAUSE OF ACTION  FOR  CONTRIBUTION
 OR FOR CONTRACTUAL OR COMMON LAW INDEMNIFICATION, THE PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT
 CREDITOR  MAY COLLECT ANY UNSATISFIED AMOUNT OF THE PLAINTIFF'S JUDGMENT
 AGAINST THE DEFENDANT FROM THE CO-DEFENDANT OR THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT  UP
 TO  THE AMOUNT AWARDED ON THE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR CONTRIBUTION OR INDEM-
 NIFICATION.
   (B) WHERE THE PLAINTIFF'S JUDGMENT  REMAINS  UNSATISFIED  THIRTY  DAYS
 AFTER IT HAS BEEN SERVED ON THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR, AND WHERE THE
 DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT  DEBTOR HAS A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR CONTRIBUTION OR FOR
 CONTRACTUAL OR COMMON LAW INDEMNIFICATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED  TO
 JUDGMENT, THE PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT CREDITOR MAY ATTACH, OR TAKE AN ASSIGN-
 MENT  FROM  THE  DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT  DEBTOR  OF, THE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR
 CONTRIBUTION OR INDEMNIFICATION, AND PROSECUTE THE CAUSE  OF  ACTION  IN
 THE  PLAINTIFF'S  OWN  NAME  OR  IN  THE  NAME OF THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT
 DEBTOR, AND RECOVER A JUDGMENT THEREIN FOR THE SAME AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIB-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.