KOVKOV v. LAW FIRM OF DAYREL SEWELL, PLLC

11329.

182 A.D.3d 418 (2020)

119 N.Y.S.3d 849

2020 NY Slip Op 02166

Aleks Y. Kovkov, Appellant, v. Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, PLLC, et al., Defendants, and The Schutzer Group et al., Respondents.

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

Decided April 2, 2020.


On a motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7), the pleadings are afforded a liberal construction and the only issue is whether the facts alleged, accepted as true, state a claim (Leon v Martinez, 84 N.Y.2d 83, 87-88 [1994]). New York does not recognize an independent cause of action for civil conspiracy, which may only be asserted to connect actions of separate defendants to an underlying tort (see Abacus Fed. Sav. Bank v...

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