Legal Opinion

Fortis Financial Services, LLC v. Fimat Futures USA, Inc.

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

Decided January 31, 2002PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered December 13, 2000, which granted defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) to dismiss the complaint, unanimously reversed to the extent appealed from, as limited by the briefs, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the first cause of action reinstated.

On a motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1), the defendant has the burden of showing that the relied-upon documentary evidence “resolves all factual issues as a matter of law, and conclusively disposes of the plaintiffs claim” (Scadura v Robillard, 256…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Scadura v. RobillardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Benvenuto v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951

3Cited by28 opinions

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  3. Greenberg v. SpitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. Robinson v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  5. J.A. Lee Electric, Inc. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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