Case Name: Raymond Fong, Appellant, v. Alex Johnson et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-02-23
Citations: 212 A.D.2d 457
Docket Number: 
Parties: Raymond Fong, Appellant, v Alex Johnson et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
Raymond Fong, Appellant, v Alex Johnson et al., Respondents.
[622 NYS2d 957]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered on or about February 3, 1994, which granted defendants' motion to compel arbitration, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Contrary to plaintiffs contention, the contractor's filing of a notice of lien does not waive its right to arbitration (Lien Law § 35; Sommer v Quarant Contr., 40 AD2d 95). We decline to consider plaintiff's argument, raised for the first time on appeal, that the arbitration clause was void because his agreement with the unlicensed contractor was unenforceable (cf., Matter of Klineman [NJS Inc.], 160 Misc 2d 774). Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Asch, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.