Ippolito v. TJC Development, LLC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the homeowners had a valid trust claim where the contractor breached the contract, failed to apply the trust funds toward proper purposes, and misappropriated the funds
• holding that “as a general matter, [the provisions of the Lien Law] enable the plaintiffs, as owners, to assert a cause of action pursuant to Lien Law article 3-A” for diversion of trust assets
• observing that the history of the 1987 amendments “is replete with references to the fact that the purpose of the relevant amendments was to protect consumers and homeowners”
• relying on conversion law principles to hold officers of the trustee liable for diversion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  E.D. New York· 2014-01-17· cited 82×
• Gorman v. Fowkes
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-07-18· cited 19×
• Ackman v. Haberer
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-11-15· cited 8×
• People v. Cook
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-05-20· cited 6×
• Caban v. New York Methodist Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-07-16· cited 3×
• Pavarini McGovern, LLC v. Waterscape Resort LLC (In re Waterscape Resort LLC)
  S.D. New York· 2016-01-14· cited 2×
• Flintlock Constr. Servs., LLC v. HPH Servs., Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2024-08-22· cited 1×
• ACKMAN, KIMBERLY L. v. HABERER, MARK
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-11-15
• Sweet Constructors, LLC v. Wallkill Medical Development, LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-05-08
• Holt Construction Corp. v. Grand Palais, LLC
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-07-10
• Tristate Cleaning Solutions, Inc. v. Landco H & L, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-04-27
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  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2024-02-14
• Park E. Constr. Corp. v. Uliano
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2024-12-18
• Quality Aggregates, Inc. v. Prime Mix Corp.
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Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• O'Brien v. City of Syracuse
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-11-19· cited 1,598×
• RLI Insurance v. New York State Department of Labor
  New York Court of Appeals· 2002-02-07· cited 255×
• Caristo Construction Corp. v. Diners Financial Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1968-02-29· cited 42×
• Mahler v. Campagna
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-03-31· cited 37×
• Aspro Mechanical Contracting, Inc. v. Fleet Bank, N.A.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2004-02-12· cited 34×
• Fleck v. Perla
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1972-12-12· cited 23×
• CRK Contracting of Suffolk, Inc. v. Jeffrey M. Brown & Associates, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-04-19· cited 23×
• Town of New Windsor v. New Windsor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-03-07· cited 15×
• Miller v. Kozakiewicz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-12-09· cited 12×
• South Carolina Steel Corp. v. Miller
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-02-19· cited 11×
• Fogel v. Oelmann
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-05-03· cited 9×
• People v. Hollowell
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-12-21· cited 8×
• Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C. v. Spencer, Maston & McCarthy, LLP
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-09-11· cited 4×
• Kaufman v. Village of Mamaroneck
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-05-09· cited 2×
• Langston v. Triboro Contracting, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2007-10-09· cited 1×