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Jan 08, 2014 |
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May 08, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S5076
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S5076 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5501, CPLR
2013-S5076 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5076 REVISED MEMO 01/27/2014 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the scope of review of non-final judgments and orders This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of her Advisory Committee on Civil Practice. This measure would add a new subdivision (e) to CPLR § 5501 in relation to the scope of review of non-final judgment and orders. It also would permit appellate review of a non-final judgment or order that does not "necessarily affect" a final judgment. This measure is designed to address two problems that arise under current law. First, there is substantial confusion in the case law as to what non-final judgments "necessarily affect" a final judgment. This matter was most recently illustrated by the Court of Appeals' decision in Oakes v Patel, 20 N.Y.3d 633 (2013) where the Court acknowledged that its rulings as to what "necessarily affects" the judgment "may not all be consistent" (Id. at 644) and, in particular, with regard to orders granting or denying the amendment of pleadings, the application of the rule has been "particularly vexing." Adding to the problem, the Court in Oakes overruled cases setting a bright-line standard that orders relat- ing to amendments of pleadings were never orders necessarily affecting a final judgment, leaving the issue to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
2013-S5076 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5076 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 8, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin- istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the scope of review of non-final judgments and orders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs 1 and 3 of subdivision (a) of section 5501 of the civil practice law and rules are amended and a new subdivision (e) is added to read as follows: 1. any non-final judgment or order [which necessarily affects the final judgment,] including any which was adverse to the respondent on the appeal from the final judgment and which, if reversed, would entitle the respondent to prevail in whole or in part on that appeal, provided that such non-final judgment or order has not previously been reviewed by the court to which the appeal is taken; 3. any ruling to which the appellant objected or had no opportunity to object or which was a refusal or failure to act as requested by the appellant, and any charge to the jury, or failure or refusal to charge as requested by the appellant, to which he OR SHE objected; (E) NON-FINAL JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS. THE ENTRY OF A FINAL JUDGMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE APPEALABILITY OF A PARTY'S PENDING APPEAL OF ANY NON-FINAL JUDGMENT OR ORDER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all actions commenced on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09913-01-3
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