Opinion
2014-04260 Index No. 69136/13.
03-23-2016
OLIVETO HOLDINGS, INC., appellant, v. DENIS W. LIGHT, PLLC, et al., respondents.
Feinstein & Naishtut, LLP, Rye Brook, N.Y. (Steven D. Feinstein of counsel), for appellant. Raneri, Light & Sarro, PLLC, White Plains, N.Y. (Michael J. Raneri of counsel), for respondents.
Feinstein & Naishtut, LLP, Rye Brook, N.Y. (Steven D. Feinstein of counsel), for appellant.
Raneri, Light & Sarro, PLLC, White Plains, N.Y. (Michael J. Raneri of counsel), for respondents.
Opinion
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (O. Bellantoni, J.), dated March 13, 2014, which granted the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the complaint as time-barred.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants demonstrated, prima facie, that the plaintiff's legal malpractice cause of action accrued more than three years prior to the time this action was commenced. In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a question of fact (see CPLR 2146; Benjamin v. Allstate Ins. Co., 127 A.D.3d 1120, 7 N.Y.S.3d 550; Landow v. Snow Becker Krauss, P.C., 111 A.D.3d 795, 975 N.Y.S.2d 119; Elstein v. Phillips Lytle, LLP, 108 A.D.3d 1073, 969 N.Y.S.2d 330; DeStaso v. Condon Resnick, LLP, 90 A.D.3d 809, 936 N.Y.S.2d 51; McCormick v. Favreau, 82 A.D.3d 1537, 919 N.Y.S.2d 572). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.
MASTRO, J.P., DILLON, MILLER and BARROS, JJ., concur.