McRedmond v. Sutton Place Restaurant & Bar, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered June 4, 2007, insofar as it granted plaintiffs’ motion *259to dismiss defendants’ first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh counterclaims, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
On a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action, the pleading is to be afforded a liberal construction. “We 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,…
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