Legal Opinion
Contractors Casualty & Surety Co. v. I.E.A. Electric Group, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 7, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Herman Cahn, J.
Defendant Dean J. Lakis, an attorney, moves to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, CPLR 3211 (a) (7), and lack of particularity, CPLR 3016. This motion raises the issue of whether an attorney can be held liable under the Debtor and Creditor Law, for a fraudulent conveyance made by a client, where some of the conveyed assets were used to pay his fees.
BACKGROUND
The amended complaint served in opposition to the motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action alleges the following facts which are assumed to be true for purposes…
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