| Omakaze Sushi Rest., Inc. v Ngan Kam Lee |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 09571 [57 AD3d 497] |
| December 2, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Omakaze Sushi Restaurant, Inc., Respondent, v Ngan Kam Leeet al., Appellants, and Cui Xiang Fong et al., Respondents. |
—[*1] Irena Milos, New York, N.Y., for plaintiff/counterclaim defendant-respondent.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the defendants Ngan Kam Lee and NgaGoon Chiu appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ruchelsman, J.), datedDecember 3, 2007, which denied their motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the plaintiff fromperforming any construction of a structure upon the subject premises and for an injunction pursuant toRPAPL 871 directing the defendants Cui Xiang Fong, Juan Huang, Kwok Choi Chen, and BCAConstruction, LLC, to remove an encroaching foundation wall.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs to the respondent.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the motion of the defendants(hereinafter the appellants) for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the plaintiff from performing anyconstruction or renovation work upon the subject premises.
A party seeking the drastic remedy of a preliminary injunction must establish a clear right to thatrelief under the law and the undisputed facts (see Gagnon Bus Co., Inc. v Vallo Transp., Ltd., 13 AD3d 334 [2004]).The burden of proof is on the movant to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the [*2]merits, the prospect of irreparable injury if the relief is withheld, and abalancing of the equities in the movant's favor (see Doe v Axelrod, 73 NY2d 748 [1988]).
Here, the facts are in such sharp dispute that it cannot be said that the appellants established a clearright to preliminary injunctive relief (seeMatter of Advanced Digital Sec. Solutions, Inc. v Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., 53 AD3d612, 613 [2008]; Matter of RelatedProps., Inc. v Town Bd. of Town/Vil. of Harrison, 22 AD3d 587, 590 [2005]).
The appellants' remaining contentions are without merit. Ritter, J.P., Florio, Miller and Carni, JJ.,concur.