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Shepis v. 3 Cottage Place Associates [2d Dept 1999

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 4, 1999
(N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 4, 1999)

Opinion

Argued September 27, 1999

October 4, 1999

Finger and Finger, P.C., White Plains, N.Y. (Kenneth J. Finger of counsel), for appellants.

CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

In an action to recover on promissory notes, the defendants appeal from stated portions of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), dated July 30, 1998, which, inter alia, denied their cross motion to dismiss the third and fourth causes of action.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

While the appellants correctly state that New York does not recognize civil conspiracy as an independent cause of action (see, Litras v. Litras, 254 A.D.2d 395; Island Condo Mgt. Corp. v. Katan Gardens Condominium, 250 A.D.2d 816), the third and fourth causes of action set forth sufficient facts which make out independent actionable torts (cf., Arcy Paint Co. v. Resnick, 134 A.D.2d 392).

The appellants' remaining contention is without merit.

O'BRIEN, J.P., SANTUCCI, THOMPSON, and ALTMAN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Shepis v. 3 Cottage Place Associates [2d Dept 1999

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 4, 1999
(N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 4, 1999)
Case details for

Shepis v. 3 Cottage Place Associates [2d Dept 1999

Case Details

Full title:CYNTHIS SHEPIS, respondent, v. 3 COTTAGE PLACE ASSOCIATES, et al.…

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

Date published: Oct 4, 1999

Citations

(N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 4, 1999)