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Cohen v. Paul

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 12, 2004
11 A.D.3d 502 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

2003-09656

October 12, 2004.

In an action to recover damages for negligence, the defendant Allstate Insurance Company appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), dated September 15, 2003, as denied its motion, inter alia, pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Before: Prudenti, P.J., Krausman, Adams and Spolzino, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed insofar as asserted against the appellant.

The Supreme Court erred in not dismissing the complaint against the defendant Allstate Insurance Company (hereinafter Allstate). Neither the pleadings nor the plaintiff's responding submissions in opposition to Allstate's motion included factually-reasonable allegations that Allstate was negligent and, even if negligent, that there was a causal nexus between any such negligence and the plaintiff's claimed injuries ( see CPLR 3211 [a] [7]; see also CPLR 3013; Clark-Fitzpatrick, Inc. v. Long Is. R.R. Co., 70 NY2d 382; DiMauro v. Metropolitan Suburban Bus Auth., 105 AD2d 236, 239).


Summaries of

Cohen v. Paul

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 12, 2004
11 A.D.3d 502 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

Cohen v. Paul

Case Details

Full title:BENNY COHEN, Respondent, v. JOSEPH L. PAUL et al., Defendants, and…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 12, 2004

Citations

11 A.D.3d 502 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
782 N.Y.S.2d 850

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