Legal Opinion
Fandy Corp. v. Chang
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 8, 2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for unjust enrichment, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Berke, J.), dated March 4, 1999, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff was not a good-faith purchaser for value of the subject property (see, Yen-Te Hsueh Chen v Geranium Dev. Corp., 243 AD2d 708), and therefore was barred by the doctrine of unclean hands from recovering damages for unjust enrichment (see, Kleeger v Kleeger, 261 AD2d 587). In addition, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eagle Comtronics, Inc. v. Pico Products, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Yen-Te Hsueh Chen v. Geranium Development Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Bugarsky v. MarcantonioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Kleeger v. KleegerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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- A & A Associates, Inc. v. Olympic Plumbing & Heating Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003