Dougherty v. William Penn Life Ins. Co. of N.Y

Full title: RICHARD C. DOUGHERTY, ETC., appellant, v. WILLIAM PENN LIFE INSURANCE…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 12, 2004

3 A.D.3d 469 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

769 N.Y.S.2d 905

Opinion

2002-09025.

Decided January 12, 2004.

In an action to recover damages for a violation of General Business Law § 349, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and unjust enrichment, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O'Connell, J.), entered August 13, 2002, which granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(1) to dismiss the complaint.

Goodkind Labaton Rudoff Sucharow, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Louis Gottlieb, Christopher J. Keller, and Stacey Fishbein of counsel) and Zwerling Schachter Zwerling, LLP, Westbury, N.Y. (Robert S. Schachter of counsel), for appellant (one brief filed).

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene MacRae, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Ellen M. Dunn and Kelly H. Tsai of counsel), for respondent.

Before: HOWARD MILLER and SANDRA L. TOWNES, JJ.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs ( see Randazzo v. Gerber Life Ins. Co., A.D.3d [decided herewith]).

SMITH, J.P., LUCIANO, H. MILLER and TOWNES, JJ., concur.