MEES v. STIBBE N.Y. B.V.

Index No. 150975/19. Appeal No. 14131-14131A. Case Nos. 2020-02302, 2020-03242.

195 A.D.3d 569 (2021)

146 N.Y.S.3d 481

2021 NY Slip Op 04106

Heleen Mees, Appellant, v. Stibbe New York B.V. et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heleen Mees, appellant pro se.

Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP, Elmsford ( Christopher D. Skoczen of counsel), for Stibbe New York, B.V., respondent.

Katsky Korins LLP, New York ( Adrienne B. Koch and David L. Katsky of counsel), for Willem H. Buiter, Adrienne B. Koch and Katsky Korins LLP, respondents.

Quirk and Bakalor, P.C., Garden City ( Timothy J. Keane of counsel), for Timothy J. Keane, Quirk & Bakalor, P.C., and Willem H. Buiter, respondents.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kern, Mazzarelli, Shulman, JJ.


We address the motion court's orders out of sequence as resolution of the latter renders the appeal from the former academic. Plaintiff's cross motion to further amend her complaint to add Stibbe N.V. as a party defendant was properly denied as the proposed claims are palpably insufficient (see Brummer v Wey, 187 A.D.3d 566 [1st Dept 2020]). Indeed, all of the proposed causes of action would be barred by one-year statutes of limitations (see CPLR 215[3]). The...

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