Perez v. Lopez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*559On a motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) for failure to state a cause of action, the court must afford the complaint a liberal construction (see CPLR 3026), “accept the facts as alleged in the complaint as true, accord plaintiffs the benefit of every possible favorable inference, and determine only whether the facts as alleged fit within any cognizable legal theory” (Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; see Nonnon v City of New York, 9 NY3d 825, 827 [2007]; Knutt v Metro Intl., S.A., 91 AD3d 915, 915 [2012]).
Contrary to the Supreme Court’s determination, the…
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