Lybrand v. Levitt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, P. J.
This is an appeal by defendants from an order of the Supreme Court entered February 26, 1976, in New York County (Hughes, J.), which denied their motion to dismiss the complaint. The complaint alleges five causes of action containing four theories upon which the plaintiff seeks recovery, viz. fraud, malicious prosecution, champerty and prima facie tort. Defendants moved to dismiss on the grounds of insufficiency, another action pending in the Federal court between the same parties for the same causes, Statute of Limitations, res judicata, collateral estoppel, forum non conveniens, lack of…
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