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Petroff Amshen LLP is a New York consumer rights and foreclosure defense law firm, representing homeowners in state and federal courts since 2008. We are litigators. We do not send letters and hope.
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the NRZ Pass-Through Trust VIII, sued to foreclose on a Kings County homeowner's property. The bank argued its case was timely under the savings provision of CPLR 205-a, which can give a plaintiff a fresh window to refile after an earlier action is dismissed.
Petroff Amshen, through partner Steven Amshen, moved for summary judgment dismissing the foreclosure as untimely and for judgment on the homeowners' quiet-title and attorney-fee counterclaims. The savings statute, the firm argued, helps only the same plaintiff that brought the earlier, dismissed action. Although U.S. Bank was the named trustee in both, the two actions were brought for two different trusts. The required unity of plaintiffs was missing.
Under New York law, a lender does not have unlimited time to foreclose. When the limitations period expires and the case cannot be revived, the foreclosure is time-barred, and the mortgage lien itself can be canceled.
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