Case Name: David Choi et al., Appellants, v. Korea First Bank of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-11-20
Citations: 244 A.D.2d 236
Docket Number: 
Parties: David Choi et al., Appellants, v Korea First Bank of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 236–237

Head Matter:
David Choi et al., Appellants, v Korea First Bank of New York, Respondent.
[664 NYS2d 437]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered June 21, 1996, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The documentary evidence establishes that the second, so-called Disputed Note was the obligation of Manhattan, not Kornew, which defendant could properly enforce by foreclosing on the Manhattan mortgage containing a "dragnet clause" making it applicable to future advances (State Bank v Fioravanti, 51 NY2d 638, 645). Under these circumstances, even assuming that defendant altered the second mortgage to include a clause subordinating it to the first mortgage, such alteration did not increase plaintiffs' liability and was therefore immaterial (see, Phalanx Corp. v Philite Radiant, 19 AD2d 515; Megaris Furs v Gimbel Bros., 172 AD2d 209, 212-213). Nor do plaintiffs' allegations show that defendant's alleged deceptive acts and practices were of a recurring nature and harmful to the public at large, necessary to their claim under General Business Law § 349 (see, United Knitwear Co. v North Sea Ins. Co., 203 AD2d 358). We have considered plaintiffs' other arguments and find them to be without merit. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Milonas, Ellerin, Rubin and Tom, JJ.