Legal Opinion
Goldblatt v. MetLife, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 26, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered January 16, 2003, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss that portion of plaintiffs first cause of action seeking future damages and his second cause of action alleging a violation of General Business Law § 349, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly dismissed plaintiff’s second cause of action alleging a violation of General Business Law § 349 since plaintiff failed to allege facts sufficient to support an inference that there had been a deceptive act or practice by defendants (see Oswego Laborers’…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Oswego Laborers' Local 214 Pension Fund v. Marine Midland Bank, N. A.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Gaidon v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Acquista v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Scherer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Shebar v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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