Petrone v. Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for conversion, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), entered January 21, 2016, which denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for conversion. He alleged in the verified complaint that the defendant, a law firm, represented his estranged wife, nonparty Mary Petrone, in a matrimonial action. As part of that action, Mary Petrone deposited the sum of $154,735.20 into an…
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