Legal Opinion
Bergler v. Bergler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 9, 2001PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly denied that part of defendant’s motion seeking dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. “In determining a CPLR 3211 (a) (7) motion, the court must ‘accord the complaint a liberal construction, assume its factual allegations to be true, draw every possible favorable inference therefrom and determine only whether any cognizable cause of action has been alleged’ ” (Dorety Constr. v Joseph Francese, Inc., 252 AD2d 656, 656-657, quoting Esposito-Hilder v SFX Broadcasting, 236 AD2d 186, 187-188).…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Burns v. BurnsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Esposito-Hilder v. SFX Broadcasting, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- G. H. Dorety Construction, Inc. v. Joseph Francese, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
3Cited by1 opinion
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