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                                  412--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --  recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              
             
                          
                                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02845-02-8
 S. 412--A                           2
 
 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
 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 PLAINTIFF'S EMPLOYER AT THE TIME
 OF THE INCIDENT OR INJURY.
   (C) THE PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT CREDITOR MAY ENFORCE THE RIGHTS PROVIDED IN
 SUBDIVISIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE PLAIN-
 TIFF-JUDGMENT CREDITOR'S JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR  HAS
 BEEN  OR  MAY  BE DISCHARGED IN BANKRUPTCY AND/OR THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT
 DEBTOR'S CAUSE OF ACTION  FOR  INDEMNITY  OR  CONTRIBUTION  AGAINST  THE
 THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT OR CO-DEFENDANT HAS BEEN OR MAY BE EXTINGUISHED BY
 A  DISCHARGE  IN  BANKRUPTCY  GRANTED  TO THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF A PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT  CREDITOR  IS  ENFORCING
 THE RIGHTS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  HE OR SHE DOES NOT NEED ATTACHMENT OR ASSIGNMENT
 FROM THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION  FOR  CONTRIB-
 UTION OR INDEMNIFICATION.
   (D)  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'S CAUSE OF  ACTION  FOR  CONTRIBUTION  OR  FOR
 CONTRACTUAL OR COMMON LAW INDEMNIFICATION CAN NO LONGER BE PROSECUTED OR
 REDUCED  TO  JUDGMENT,  THE  PLAINTIFF-JUDGMENT CREDITOR MAY ENFORCE ITS
 JUDGMENT AGAINST  THE  DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT  DEBTOR  IN  A  DIRECT  ACTION
 AGAINST  THE  THIRD-PARTY  DEFENDANT OR CO-DEFENDANT LIABLE FOR CONTRIB-
 UTION OR INDEMNIFICATION, AND RECOVER A JUDGMENT THEREIN  FOR  THE  SAME
 AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTION  OR  INDEMNIFICATION AS WOULD BE AWARDED TO THE
 DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR IF THE DEFENDANT-JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAD SATISFIED
 PLAINTIFF'S ORIGINAL JUDGMENT IN FULL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
 unexpired judgments that have not been fully satisfied as of such effec-
 tive date.