Eurocraft Millwork, Inc. v B&B Constr., Inc., 2019 NY Slip Op 04283 [172 AD3d 641]

May 30, 2019

Appellate Division, First Department

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Eurocraft Millwork, Inc., et al., Appellants,

v

B&B Construction, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Sheats & Bailey, PLLC, Liverpool (Jason B. Bailey of counsel), for appellants.

Pick & Zabicki, LLP, New York (Eric C. Zabicki of counsel), for respondents.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melissa Crane, J.), entered July 26, 2018, which denied plaintiffs Eurocraft Millwork, Inc. and McEvoy Interiors, Inc.’s motion to amend the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Inasmuch as the claim against defendants’ counsel alleging disbursement of trust funds in violation of Lien Law article 3-a is time-barred ( see Lien Law § 77 [2]), leave to add it to the complaint was properly denied ( see Tabolt v KMZ Enters. , 52 AD2d 995 [3d Dept 1976], affd 43 NY2d 687 [1977]; MBIA Ins. Corp. v Greystone & Co., Inc. , 74 AD3d 499 [1st Dept 2010]). Further, the relation-back doctrine does not apply here ( see Higgins v City of New York , 144 AD3d 511 , 513 [1st Dept 2016]). Concur—Friedman, J.P., Gische, Webber, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ..