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affirming dismissal of a lawsuit for breach of fiduciary duty based on in pari delicto
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10-22-2014
Eduard GITLIN, etc., et al., appellants, v. Alex CHIRINKIN, et al., respondents.
Barbara Lee Ford, Floral Park, N.Y., for appellants. Feinstein & Partners, PLLC, New York, N.Y. (Albert Feinstein of counsel), for respondents.
Barbara Lee Ford, Floral Park, N.Y., for appellants.
Feinstein & Partners, PLLC, New York, N.Y. (Albert Feinstein of counsel), for respondents.
Opinion In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and unjust enrichment, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Bucaria, J.), entered December 19, 2012, which granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the second amended complaint as barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the second amended complaint as barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto (see Kirschner v. KPMG LLP, 15 N.Y.3d 446, 464, 912 N.Y.S.2d 508, 938 N.E.2d 941 ; Ta Chun Wang v. Chun Wong, 163 A.D.2d 300, 302, 557 N.Y.S.2d 434 ; Janke v. Janke, 47 A.D.2d 445, 449, 366 N.Y.S.2d 910, affd. 39 N.Y.2d 786, 385 N.Y.S.2d 286, 350 N.E.2d 617 ).
The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are without merit.
ENG, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY and BARROS, JJ., concur.