Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ndiaye

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Jan 26, 2017

2875

Versions:146 A.D.3d 684

44 N.Y.S.3d 908

2017 NY Slip Op 00552

2017 NY Slip Op 552

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fernando Tapia, J.), entered November 9, 2015, which granted the motion of defendant Mbaye Ndiaye to dismiss the complaint as against him with prejudice, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs and the motion denied.

The dismissals of plaintiff’s prior actions without prejudice premised on lack of standing were not dismissals on the merits for res judicata purposes (see Tico, Inc. v Borrok, 57 AD3d 302 [1st Dept 2008]). Despite the purportedly invalid assignment of the note to plaintiff, plaintiff may nevertheless establish its standing by demonstrating that the note was in its possession or that it was delivered prior to the commencement of this action (see Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v Taylor, 25 NY3d 355, 361-362 [2015]). Concur—Acosta, J.P., Mazzarelli, Feinman and Webber, JJ.