Legal Opinion
Stennett v. Moveway Transfer & Storage, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 11, 2012PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*656In determining a motion to dismiss a pleading pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7), the pleading must be afforded a liberal construction, and the court must “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 First Keystone Consultants, Inc. v DDR Constr. Servs., 74 AD3d 1135, 1136 [2010]). The first cause of action in the amended complaint includes both statutory and common-law causes of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Leon v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Cox v. NAP Constr. Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2008
- Pesantez v. Boyle Environmental Services, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- First Keystone Consultants, Inc. v. DDR Construction ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Maldonado v. Olympia Mechanical Piping & Heating Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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