Benzemann v. Citibank N.A.

1 Citing case

  1. Lewis v. Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP

    200 A.D.3d 462 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)

    Plaintiff's claims against defendants Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP and Michael Yim (collectively Putney) arise out of Putney's work leading defendant Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP's internal investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against plaintiff by a colleague. The motion court properly determined that the complaint failed to set forth nonconclusory allegations of fraud, collusion, and malicious acts sufficient to support plaintiff's claims against Putney (seeEstate of Schneider v. Finmann, 15 N.Y.3d 306, 308–309, 907 N.Y.S.2d 119, 933 N.E.2d 718 [2010] ; Halevi v. Fisher, 81 A.D.3d 504, 505, 917 N.Y.S.2d 156 [1st Dept. 2011], lv denied 16 N.Y.3d 711, 2011 WL 1643290 [2011] ; Benzemann v. Citibank N.A., 149 A.D.3d 586, 2017 WL 1401402 [1st Dept. 2017], appeal dismissed 33 N.Y.3d 973, 101 N.Y.S.3d 276, 124 N.E.3d 765 [2019] ; Pursuit Inv. Mgt. LLC v. Alpha Beta Capital Partners, L.P., 127 A.D.3d 580, 8 N.Y.S.3d 283 [1st Dept. 2015] ).