The following excerpt is from Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Wildenstein, 16 N.Y.3d 173, 2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 00741, 919 N.Y.S.2d 465, 944 N.E.2d 1104 (N.Y. 2011):
(1) the existence of a valid and binding contract between other parties, (2) that the contract was intended for [its] benefit, and (3) that the benefit to [it] is sufficiently immediate ... to indicate the assumption by the contracting parties of a duty to compensate [it] if the benefit is lost ( Mendel v. Henry Phipps Plaza W., Inc., 6 N.Y.3d 783, 786
[811 N.Y.S.2d 294, 844 N.E.2d 748]
[2006] ).
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