CRIIMI MAE SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. L.A.G. Associates, L.P., etc., Defendant. (2001)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Helen Freedman, J.), entered October 30, 2000, which, to the extent appealed from, denied that branch of defendant Nassau Bay Associates' motion seeking dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3211 of plaintiff's third cause of action premised upon the doctrine of equitable subrogation, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

 In view of plaintiff mortgage service provider's allegations that, to protect its own interest and avoid litigation (see, Meckel v. Cont. Resources Co., 758 F.2d 811, 814 n. 1), it satisfied an existing obligation of defendant mortgage obligor Nassau Bay under a mortgage note, the motion court correctly found that the amended complaint adequately stated a claim to recover from Nassau Bay upon the theory that plaintiff had, to the extent of its payment, become equitably subrogated to the rights of the mortgage obligee (see, Gerseta Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co., 241 N.Y. 418, 425-426, 150 N.E. 501).   Neither mistakes by plaintiff in calculating the amount of the prepayment penalty owed by Nassau Bay, nor the reassignment of the loan to a different lender at the refinance closing relieved Nassau Bay of its obligation to pay the full prepayment penalty amount, since, pursuant to the mortgage note, these payments were absolutely and unconditionally due and payable on the prepayment date.