| Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v HSBC Fin. Corp. |
| 2025 NYSlipOp 01865 [236 AD3d 589] |
| March 27, 2025 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Solely in its Capacity as Trustee of HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust Series 2007-HE2 (HASC 2007-HE2), Respondent-Appellant, v HSBC Finance Corporation, Respondent, and Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, et al., Appellants-Respondents. |
Mayer Brown LLP, New York (Henninger S. Bullock of counsel), for appellants-respondents.
Kobre & Kim LLP, New York (Zachary D. Rosenbaum of counsel), for respondent-appellant.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert R. Reed, J.), entered May 13, 2024, which granted in part and denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss the second amended complaint, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant the motion in its entirety, and otherwise affirmed, without costs. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.
Under the applicable agreements, defendants had a "sole remedy" repurchase obligation that included an unambiguous notice provision. Therefore, the failure-to-notify (FTN) claims should have been dismissed, as they are derivative causes of action, not independent ones (see U.S. Bank N.A. v EquiFirst Corp., 234 AD3d 463 [1st Dept 2025]; Bank of N.Y. Mellon v WMC Mtge., LLC, 151 AD3d 72, 81 [1st Dept 2017]; see also Matter of Part 60 RMBS Put-Back Litig., 195 AD3d 40, 54-55 [1st Dept 2021]).
Because no FTN claims lie against defendants, we need not address whether Supreme Court was correct in finding that plaintiff otherwise adequately stated timely FTN claims, or whether the court correctly dismissed plaintiff's indemnification and alter ego liability claims. Concur—Kern, J.P., Friedman, Kapnick, Mendez, Higgitt, JJ. [Prior Case History: 82 Misc 3d 1240(A), 2024 NY Slip Op 50512(U).]