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Spitz v Life Hotel One LLC
               2024 NY Slip Op 30539(U)
                    February 20, 2024
           Supreme Court, New York County
        Docket Number: Index No. 652330/2021
                  Judge: Debra A. James
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 [FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 02/20/2024 04:58 P~                                                                       INDEX NO. 652330/2021
  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 59                                                                                               RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/20/2024

                                   SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
                                             NEW YORK COUNTY
            PRESENT:             HON. DEBRA A. JAMES                                                 PART   59
                                                                                      Justice
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                                                                                                     INDEX NO.          652330/2021
             SAMMY SPITZ, ADAM JAKUBOWICZ, AVIVA
                                                                                                     MOTION DATE         12/07/2021
             JAKUBOWICZ, CONEY ISLAND AVENUE, LLC, POLINA
             INGBERMAN, MICHAEL ROGERS, JOSEPH SAPONARO,
             YURY SLEPAK DDS PC, GARY WEKSLER, and RICHARD                                           MOTION SEQ. NO.         001
             EKSTRACT,

                                                         Plaintiffs,

                                                 - V -                                                 DECISION + ORDER ON
             LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC, LUXE LIFE INVESTMENTS LLC,
                                                                                                             MOTION
             and LUXE LIFE MANAGEMENT INC.,

                                                         Defendants.
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            The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 001) 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
            40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,55,57,58
            were read on this motion to/for                                                       JUDGMENT - DEFAULT

                                                                            ORDER

                      Upon the foregoing documents, it is

                      ORDERED that the motion pursuant to CPLR 305(c)                                                  and 2001 of

            plaintiffs to amend the caption of the complaint to correct and

            substitute 2464 Coney Island Avenue,                                            LLC for Coney Island Avenue

            LLC, plaintiff, is granted, without opposition, and the complaint

            is deemed thereby amended upon service of a copy of this order

            with notice of entry thereof; and it is further

                      ORDERED that the answer of defendant Luxe Life Investments

            LLC is deemed amended to reflect the name 2464 Coney Island Avenue,

            LLC, in place and stead of Coney Island LLC, as plaintiff; and it

            is further

             652330/2021 SPITZ, SAMMY ET AL vs. LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC ET AL                                                 Page 1 of4
             Motion No. 001

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 [FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 02/20/2024 04:58 P~                                                   INDEX NO. 652330/2021
  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 59                                                                           RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/20/2024

                   ORDERED that the motion of the plaintiffs SAMMY SPITZ, ADAM

            JAKUBOWICZ,        AVIVA JAKUBOWICZ,              CONEY        ISLAND AVENUE,         LLC,    POLINA

            INGBERMAN,       MICHAEL ROGERS,             JOSEPH SAPONARO,             YURY SLEPAK DDS PC,

            GARY WEKSLER, and RICHARD EKSTRACT, for a default judgment against

            defendants LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC and LUXE LIFE MANAGEMENT INC.,                                            is

            GRANTED,      without any opposition,                  and the issue of damages to be

            assessed against             such defendants             is    referred      for    determination

            pursuant CPLR 3215              (b)    to a Special Referee,               and that plaintiffs

            may submit the proof by written statements of witness in accordance

            with 22 NYCRR 202.46(b); and it is further

                   ORDERED,       that within thirty (30)                  days from the date of this

            Order, plaintiffs shall cause a copy of this order with notice of

            entry,     including proof of service thereof,                            to be filed with the

            Special          Referee          Clerk          (Room          119M,        646-386-3028               or

            spref@nycourts.gov) to arrange a date for a reference to determine

            pursuant to CPLR 4317                 (b); and it is further

                   ORDERED and ADJUDGED that pursuant to CPLR 3215 (b) the Clerk

            is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against

            defendants LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC and LUXE LIFE MANAGEMENT INC.                                             in

            accordance with the report of the aforementioned Special Referee,

            together with costs and disbursements to be taxed by the Clerk

            upon     submission        of    an    appropriate            bill   of    costs,     without          any

            further application; and it is further

             652330/2021 SPITZ, SAMMY ET AL vs. LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC ET AL                             Page 2 of 4
             Motion No. 001

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 59                                                                    RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/20/2024

                            ORDERED that the remaining claims against the defendant

            LUXE LIFE INVESTMENTS LLC are severed and shall continue; and it

            is further

                            ORDERED that plaintiff shall serve a copy of this order

            with notice of entry upon the defendant LUXE LIFE INVESTMENTS LLC

            by regular first-class mail, within ten days of entry of the herein

            Order; and it is further

                    ORDERED that the defendant LUXE LIFE INVESTMENTS LLC shall

            serve     an answer        to    the    complaint within         fourteen days        of     such

            service; and it is further

                    ORDERED that plaintiffs' counsel and the remaining defendants

            are directed to post on NYSCEF a proposed preliminary conference

            order or proposed competing preliminary conference                              order ( s)       at

            least two days before March 21, 2024, on which date counsel or any

            party appearing on their own behalf shall appear via Microsoft

            Teams.

                                                          DECISION

                    On this motion, plaintiff has complied with the strictures of

            CPLR     3215 (f),      having      submitted         an   affidavit   of   a   person with

            knowledge of the facts and proof of service upon the defaulting

            defendants.         As there is no opposition to the relief sought by the

            plaintiff,         judgment        against        the      non-appearing    defendants           is

            warranted.

             652330/2021 SPITZ, SAMMY ET AL vs. LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC ET AL                       Page 3 of 4
             Motion No. 001

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 59                                                                                 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 02/20/2024

                    However, as the defaulting defendants LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC and

            LUXE     LIFE       MANAGEMENT       INC.      are     not     signatories                to      the        notes

            submitted by the plaintiffs,                     which were executed by Life Hotel

            Partners LLC,            as managing member of Life Hotel Company                                         (NYSCEF

            Doc. Nos. 3-14),             plaintiffs have not prima facie established the

            amount of damages, which must be determined after an inquest. See

            Weissman v Sinorm Deli, Inc, 88 NY2d 437, 444-445 (1996) .

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                    2/20/2024
                      DATE                                                           DEBRA A. JAMES, J.S.C.
             CHECK ONE:                   CASE DISPOSED                    NON-FINAL DISPOSITION

                                          GRANTED         □ DENIED         GRANTED IN PART                   □ OTHER
             APPLICATION:                 SETTLE ORDER                     SUBMIT ORDER

             CHECK IF APPROPRIATE:        INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN       FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT             0      REFERENCE

             652330/2021 SPITZ, SAMMY ET AL vs. LIFE HOTEL ONE LLC ET AL                                         Page4 of 4
             Motion No. 001

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