Legal Opinion

Benn v. Benn

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 17, 2011PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

“On a motion to dismiss a cause of action pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) on the ground that it is barred by the statute of limitations, a defendant bears the initial burden of establishing, prima facie, that the time in which to sue has expired. In considering the motion, a court must take the allegations in the complaint as true and resolve all inferences in favor of the plaintiff’ (Island ADC, Inc. v Baldassano Architectural Group, P.C., 49 AD3d 815, 816 [2008] [citations omitted]). Further, plaintiffs submissions in response to the motion “must be given their most favorable intendment”…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Arrington v. New York Times Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Sitkowski v. PetzingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. Maric Piping, Inc. v. MaricAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. Island ADC, Inc. v. Baldassano Architectural GroupAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. Cooper, Bamundo, Hecht & Longworth, LLP v. KuczinskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  3. Bokara Rug Co. v. KapoorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  4. Harmit Realties LLC v. 835 Avenue of the Americas, L.P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. Lebedev v. BlavatnikAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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