U.S. Bank N.A. v DLJ Mtge. Capital, Inc.
2019 NY Slip Op 07327 [176 AD3d 466]
October 10, 2019
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, December 4, 2019


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 U.S. Bank National Association, Respondent,
v
DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc., Appellant.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York (Daniel A. Rubens of counsel), for appellant.

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York (David J. Abrams of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered December 27, 2018, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant's motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The written notice sent from plaintiff to defendant dated December 6, 2011, made within the statutory limitations period and well in advance of any lawsuit, informed defendant that a substantial number of identified loans were in breach, and that the pool of loans remained under scrutiny, with the possibility that additional nonconforming loans might be identified. The notice complied with the contractual condition precedent of notifying defendant of its default, such that subsequently identified loans, including the 480 identified by plaintiff's expert during discovery, related back to the time of the initial notice (see Home Equity Mtge. Trust Series 2006-1 v DLJ Mtge. Capital, Inc., 175 AD3d 1175, 1176 [1st Dept 2019] [HEMT 2006-1]; U.S. Bank N.A. v GreenPoint Mtge. Funding, Inc., 147 AD3d 79, 88-89 [1st Dept 2016]; Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Series 2006-FM2 v Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc., 133 AD3d 96 [1st Dept 2015], mod on other grounds 30 NY3d 572 [2017]). Since defendant was placed on written notice of breach as to all loans on December 6, 2011, it follows that March 5, 2012—under the applicable contractual repurchase protocol, the end of the applicable 90-day cure period, at which point defendant was required to repurchase any uncured, nonconforming loans—is likewise the appropriate date of repurchase.

The motion court properly ruled that interest could be calculated on liquidated loans, at the applicable mortgage rate, up until the repurchase date (see HEMT 2006-1, 175 AD3d 1175, 1177; Nomura, 133 AD3d at 106-107). Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kern, Oing, Singh, JJ. [Prior Case History: 2018 NY Slip Op 33383(U).]