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Sarasota, Inc. v. Kurzman & Eisenberg, LLP

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 6, 2006
28 A.D.3d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

8225.

April 6, 2006.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered January 6, 2005, which, inter alia, denied defendants-appellants' motion to dismiss the causes of action for breach of contract and violation of Judiciary Law § 487, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman Dicker LLP, New York (Richard E. Lerner of counsel), for appellants.

Michael W. Rosen, New York, for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Marlow, Williams and McGuire, JJ.


There is at least an issue of fact as to whether the contract claim was viable as a promise to achieve a particular result separate from the breach of general professional standards in defendants' field and thus not duplicative of the legal malpractice cause of action ( see Matter of R.M. Kliment Frances Halsband, Architects [McKinsey Co., Inc.], 3 NY3d 538, 542-543; Senise v. Mackasek, 227 AD2d 184). The Judiciary Law § 487 claim was not conclusory, as it was supported by the previously sustained allegations of fraud, and was based on conduct in a proceeding to which plaintiff was a party, rather than conduct taking place before or after the proceeding ( cf. Stanski v. Ezersky, 228 AD2d 311, 313, lv denied 89 NY2d 805; Bankers Trust Co. v. Cerrato, Sweeney, Cohn, Stahl Vaccaro, 187 AD2d 384, 386). Whether the alleged deceit meets the standard required by Judiciary Law § 487 subjecting defendants to treble damages ( see Schindler v. Issler Schrage, 262 AD2d 226, lv dismissed 94 NY2d 791) presented an issue of fact.

We have considered the parties' other contentions for affirmative relief and find them unavailing.


Summaries of

Sarasota, Inc. v. Kurzman & Eisenberg, LLP

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 6, 2006
28 A.D.3d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

Sarasota, Inc. v. Kurzman & Eisenberg, LLP

Case Details

Full title:SARASOTA, INC., as Successor and Assignee of F.D.I.C., Respondent, v…

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

Date published: Apr 6, 2006

Citations

28 A.D.3d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 2623
814 N.Y.S.2d 94

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