Lambe v. Lenox Hill Hospital

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Lambe v. Lenox Hill Hospital

100 A.D.3d 518, 953 N.Y.S.2d 855

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided November 20, 2012·Published

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— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), entered July 27, 2011, which granted defendant-respondent’s (defendant) motion to dismiss the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable cause of action as against defendant. Indeed, read generously, the complaint merely alleges that defendant issued restraining notices on a duly filed default judgment, obtained by predecessor counsel. This conduct does not amount to a tort (Caribbean Constr. Servs. & Assoc. v Zurich Ins. Co., 267 AD2d 81, 83 [1st Dept 1999]). Concur— Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.

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— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), entered July 27, 2011, which granted defendant-respondent’s (defendant) motion to dismiss the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable cause of action as against defendant. Indeed, read generously, the complaint merely alleges that defendant issued restraining notices on a duly filed default judgment, obtained by predecessor counsel. This conduct does not amount to a tort (Caribbean Constr. Servs. & Assoc. v Zurich Ins. Co., 267 AD2d 81, 83 [1st Dept 1999]). Concur— Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.

Lambe v. Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 A.D.3d 518, 953 N.Y.S.2d 855 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2012).

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