Zodkevitch v. Feibush

*425Supreme Court erred in directing appellant to place into an escrow account the funds he allegedly misappropriated since plaintiffs failed to make a clear showing that they would suffer irreparable injury unless that relief were granted, a necessary element on a motion for a preliminary injunction (see CPLR 6301; Matter of Non-Emergency Transporters of N.Y. v Hammons, 249 AD2d 124, 127 [1998]). Specifically, plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that an award of monetary damages would not adequately compensate them (see US. Re Cos., Inc. v Scheerer, 41 AD3d 152, 155 [2007]; ERS Enters. v Empire…