Bill Text: NY A02687 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that no right, benefit, or advantage that attends a cause of action shall be lost when the cause of action is successfully reduced to a judgment, but shall be deemed to append to the judgment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A02687 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02687-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2687
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules,  in  relation  to  the
          effect of the entry of judgment on certain rights attendant to a cause
          of action
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
     2  section 5011-a to read as follows:
     3    § 5011-a. Merger doctrine clarified. No right,  benefit  or  advantage
     4  that attends a cause of action shall be lost when the cause of action is
     5  successfully reduced to a judgment, but shall be deemed to append to the
     6  judgment as well.
     7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
     8  judgments that are rendered after such effective date or that are unsat-
     9  isfied as of such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04564-01-7