February 23, 2023

Recission or reformation of a contract based on mutual mistake.

Where there is no mistake about the agreement and the only mistake alleged is in the reduction of that agreement to writing, the scrivener error, no matter how it occurred, may be corrected.

Ralph Lauren Retail, Inc. v. 888 Madison LLC, NY Slip Op 00747 (1st Dep't February 9, 2023)

Here is the decision.