Firm Update No. 2023-06本所动态 2023-06 号
In re Collection Default Against the Wrong Person: Judgment Vacated and Bank Levy Returned错认被告的讨债缺席判决：判决撤销，银行扣款全数退还
- Practice领域
- Civil Litigation民事诉讼
- Jurisdiction管辖
- Civil Court, Queens County纽约市民事法院皇后区分院
- Our role本所角色
- Counsel to the defendant被告律师
- Status进展
- Judgment vacated on consent; discontinued with prejudice; levied funds returned经同意撤销判决；附既判效力撤案；被扣划款项退还
IFacts事实
The client, an individual, learned that a leasing company had obtained a default judgment against him in a collection suit and had levied his bank account. He maintained that he had never been served and had no dealings with the company, and that the debt arose from mistaken identity or identity theft.客户是一名个人，发现一家租赁公司在讨债诉讼中对其取得缺席判决，并已扣划其银行账户。他表示从未收到送达，与该公司亦无任何往来，该笔债务源于身份误认或身份盗用。
IIQuestion Presented争议问题
How does a person who was never served set aside a default judgment and recover money already taken from his account?从未被送达的人，如何撤销缺席判决并取回已被扣划的款项？
IIIRelevant Law相关法律
CPLR 5015(a)(4), 5015(d): lack of personal jurisdiction; void judgment; nullity; restitutionCPLR 5015(a)(4), 5015(d)：缺乏属人管辖权；无效判决；判决自始无效；返还财产
CPLR 308: personal service; substituted service; nail and mail; due diligenceCPLR 308：亲自送达；替代送达；张贴加邮寄送达；尽职查找
CPLR 2104: binding stipulation; subscribed writing; open-court stipulationCPLR 2104：有约束力的和解协议；签署的书面文件；当庭和解
IVDisposition结果
By stipulation signed in September 2023, the default judgment was vacated on consent and the action discontinued with prejudice, without costs. In October 2023 plaintiff’s counsel confirmed that the levied funds had been returned in full and releases sent to the banks.依2023年9月签署的和解协议，缺席判决经同意撤销，诉讼附既判效力撤销，各方自付费用。2023年10月，原告律师确认被扣划款项已全数退还，并已向银行发出解除通知。
Client details are withheld to protect confidentiality. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.为保护客户隐私，相关信息已隐去。过往结果不保证类似案件的结果。