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Winick v. Austin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 1, 2008
51 A.D.3d 408 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3549.

May 1, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Rolando T. Acosta, J.), entered November 30, 2007, which, inter alia, denied defendant Austin Associates' motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) and (7), unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Liddle Robinson, L.L.P., New York (David Marek of counsel), for appellant.

Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York (Ted Poretz of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Lippman, P.J., Friedman, Gonzalez and Moskowitz, JJ.


The complaint sufficiently sets forth a cause of action for recovery of a share of a real estate brokerage commission pursuant to an alleged oral agreement, at least on the theory that Austin's bad faith conduct prevented plaintiff from becoming the procuring cause of the leasing transaction consummated by the parties' client ( see Di Stefano v Rosetti-Falvey Real Estate, 270 AD2d 631, 632-633; Williams Real Estate Co. v Viking Penguin, 228 AD2d 233). The documentary evidence submitted by Austin does not conclusively establish a defense to the asserted claims as a matter of law ( see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83). Finally, since plaintiff is entitled to plead inconsistent causes of action in the alternative, the quasi-contractual claims are not precluded by the pleading of a cause of action for breach of an oral agreement.

[ See 17 Misc 3d 1134(A), 2007 NY Slip Op 52251(U).]


Summaries of

Winick v. Austin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 1, 2008
51 A.D.3d 408 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Winick v. Austin

Case Details

Full title:WINICK REALTY GROUP LLC, Respondent, v. AUSTIN ASSOCIATES, Appellant, et…

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

Date published: May 1, 2008

Citations

51 A.D.3d 408 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 4130
857 N.Y.S.2d 114

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