| Jerusalem Ave. Taxpayer, LLC v Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 06691 [175 AD3d 1178] |
| September 24, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Jerusalem Avenue Taxpayer, LLC, Respondent, et al.,
Plaintiff, v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, et al., Defendants. |
Jaffe & Asher, LLP, New York (Marshall T. Potashner of counsel), for appellant.
Kennedys CMK, LLP, New York (Max W. Gershweir of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol R. Edmead, J.), entered December 28, 2018, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company's (defendant) cross motion for an order, pursuant to CPLR 5015 (d) and 5523, directing plaintiff Jerusalem Avenue Taxpayer, LLC (plaintiff) to pay restitution of amounts that defendant paid to settle an underlying action against it, or, alternatively, for leave to amend its answer to assert a claim for restitution, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The motion court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant's request for the equitable remedy of restitution (see generally Gaisi v Gaisi, 108 AD3d 687 [2d Dept 2013]; Restatement [Third] of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment § 1, Comment a). Even assuming plaintiff was not insured under the insurance policy issued by defendant, it was plaintiff's insurer that received the benefit of defendant's contribution to the settlement of the underlying action, and defendant's right to recoup its settlement contribution from plaintiff's insurer is governed by an agreement between defendant and plaintiff's insurer. Concur—Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, Mazzarelli, Webber, Moulton, JJ. [Prior Case History: 2018 NY Slip Op 33371(U).]