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20 Apr 2023, 11:00 am by The Clinton Law Firm
The court explains: Here, even if the defendant had been negligent in his representation of the plaintiff in connection with the underlying matters, viewing the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d at 87-88), it failed to plead specific factual allegations demonstrating that, but for the defendant’s alleged negligence, there would have been a more favorable outcome in the underlying matters or that the plaintiff would not have… [read post]
23 Mar 2018, 4:24 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Accepting the facts alleged in the third-party complaint as true, and according the third-party plaintiffs the benefit of every favorable inference (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 88; Raach v SLSJET Mgt. [read post]
6 May 2022, 4:12 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“The amended complaint states a cause of action for legal malpractice and the documents submitted do not utterly refute the factual allegations underlying that cause of action (see generally Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. [read post]
2 Mar 2022, 4:18 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Therefore, at this stage, dismissal was not warranted under CPLR 3211(a)(7), or under CPLR 3211(a)(1), as defendant failed to provide documentary evidence that “conclusively establishes a defense to the asserted claims as a matter of law” (LeonMartinez, 84 NY2d 83, 88 [1994]; Amsterdam Hospitality Group, LLC v Marshall-Alan Assoc., Inc., 120 AD3d 431, 432-433 [1st Dept 2014])” [read post]
19 May 2020, 5:59 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Accepting as true the facts alleged in the complaint, and according the plaintiffs the benefit of every favorable inference (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d at 87-88), the conclusory allegations of the complaint failed to adequately plead specific facts to establish that, but for the defendants’ alleged negligent conduct, the outcome in the underlying action would have been any more favorable to the plaintiffs, or that the plaintiffs would not have incurred any damages (see… [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 4:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Accepting as true the facts set forth in the complaint and according plaintiff the benefit of all favorable inferences arising therefrom, as we must in the context of the instant motion (see generally Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]), we conclude that the complaint fails to plead a cognizable theory for legal malpractice because plaintiff’s allegations do not support even an inference that any alleged negligence by defendants was a proximate cause of… [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 3:24 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Put in a more elegant way, the Appellate Term decided Garg v Wigler   2012 NY Slip Op 50494(U) Decided on March 20, 2012   Appellate Term, First Department: "Accepting plaintiff's allegations as true, and according them the benefit of every favorable inference, as we must in the context of a motion to dismiss on the pleadings (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]), we find the complaint, as amplified by plaintiff's verified answers to… [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 5:46 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “The amended complaint states a cause of action for legal malpractice and the documents submitted do not utterly refute the factual allegations underlying that cause of action (see generally Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 4:24 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
We find that the motion court’s dismissal of the counterclaims was proper and that defendants have not articulated any basis to disturb the motion court’s ruling (Leon v Martinez , 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]). [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 1:49 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
., 98 NY2d 314, 326; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87; Sokol v Leader, 74 AD3d 1180). [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 5:12 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
However, the complaint, “although inartfully drafted,” (Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d at 88), adequately alleges a demand for punitive damages based on the remaining causes of action asserted against Geico (see Rocanova v Equitable Life Assur. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 3:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “Here, accepting the facts alleged in the complaint as true and according the plaintiff the benefit of every possible favorable inference (see CPLR 3211[a][7]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88), the complaint sufficiently states a cause of action to recover damages for fraud on the theory that the Lyubarskys actively concealed defects throughout the common areas of the condominium building. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 4:46 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“With regard to the first cause of action, Izmirligil failed to state a cause of action under Real Property Law § 329 against the BNYM defendants and Chase (see CPLR 3211[a][7]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88). [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 3:07 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“To succeed on a motion to dismiss based upon documentary evidence pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(1), the documentary evidence must utterly refute the plaintiff’s factual allegations, conclusively establishing a defense as a matter of law” (Gould v Decolator, 121 AD3d 845, 847; see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 88). [read post]
14 May 2020, 12:09 pm by Phil Dixon
[Author’s note: The Leon good-faith exception does not apply to violations of the North Carolina Constitution under State v. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 3:08 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “Here, even accepting the facts alleged in the complaint, as amplified by the plaintiff’s affidavit, as true, and according the plaintiff the benefit of every possible favorable inference (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d at 87), the plaintiff failed to plead specific factual allegations demonstrating that, but for the defendants’ alleged negligence, there would have been a more favorable outcome on his workers’ compensation claim (see Katsoris v Bodnar… [read post]