The New York State Senate

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                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2017
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  DINOWITZ, GALEF, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the  Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to permit-
  ting a plaintiff to recover against a third party defendant in certain
  cases

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
section 1405 to read as follows:
  § 1405. PERMITTING PLAINTIFF, AS JUDGMENT CREDITOR AGAINST  DEFENDANT,
TO  RECOVER  AND  COLLECT  UNSATISFIED  JUDGMENT  OR PORTION OF JUDGMENT
AGAINST THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT OR CO-DEFENDANT LIABLE FOR CONTRIBUTION OR
INDEMNIFICATION. (A) WHERE A PLAINTIFF HAS ENTERED A JUDGMENT AGAINST  A
DEFENDANT  AND THE JUDGMENT REMAINS UNSATISFIED THIRTY DAYS AFTER IT HAS
BEEN SERVED ON THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR,  AND  WHERE  JUDGMENT  HAS
BEEN  ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR AGAINST A CO-DE-
FENDANT OR THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT ON A CAUSE OF ACTION  FOR  CONTRIBUTION
OR FOR CONTRACTUAL OR COMMON LAW INDEMNIFICATION, THE PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT
CREDITOR  MAY COLLECT ANY UNSATISFIED AMOUNT OF THE PLAINTIFF'S JUDGMENT
AGAINST THE DEFENDANT FROM THE CO-DEFENDANT OR THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT  UP
TO  THE AMOUNT AWARDED ON THE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR CONTRIBUTION OR INDEM-
NIFICATION.
  (B) WHERE THE PLAINTIFF'S JUDGMENT  REMAINS  UNSATISFIED  THIRTY  DAYS
AFTER IT HAS BEEN SERVED ON THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR, AND WHERE THE
DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT  DEBTOR HAS A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR CONTRIBUTION OR FOR
CONTRACTUAL OR COMMON LAW INDEMNIFICATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED  TO
JUDGMENT, THE PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT CREDITOR MAY ATTACH, OR TAKE AN ASSIGN-
MENT  FROM  THE  DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT  DEBTOR  OF, THE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR
CONTRIBUTION OR INDEMNIFICATION, AND PROSECUTE THE CAUSE  OF  ACTION  IN
THE  PLAINTIFF'S  OWN  NAME  OR  IN  THE  NAME OF THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD02845-01-7

A. 1500                             2

DEBTOR, AND RECOVER A JUDGMENT THEREIN FOR THE SAME AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIB-
UTION  OR  INDEMNIFICATION AS WOULD BE AWARDED TO THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT
DEBTOR  IF  THE  DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT  DEBTOR  HAD  SATISFIED  PLAINTIFF'S
ORIGINAL JUDGMENT IN FULL. SUCH REMEDY IS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER MEANS
AVAILABLE  TO THE PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT DEBTOR FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE JUDG-
MENT. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE DIRECT RECOVERY AGAINST A  THIRD-
PARTY  DEFENDANT  IN  THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE THIRD-PARTY CLAIM
AGAINST THAT  THIRD-PARTY  DEFENDANT  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN  BARRED  BY  THE
PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ELEVEN OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AND DOES
NOT OTHERWISE PERMIT A PLAINTIFF TO BRING A CAUSE OF  ACTION  AGAINST  A
THIRD  PARTY IF SUCH THIRD PARTY WAS THE PLANTIFF'S EMPLOYER AT THE TIME
OF THE INCIDENT OR INJURY.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
judgments entered by plaintiffs on or after such date.