LEWIS v. PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & HECHT LLP

Index No. 652931/19. Appeal No. 14793-14793A. Case Nos. 2020-04754, 2020-04755.

200 A.D.3d 462 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 79

2021 NY Slip Op 06807

Donald Lewis, Appellant, v. Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP et al., Defendants, and Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of Neal Brickman, P.C., New York ( Neal Brickman of counsel), for appellant.

Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale ( Evan H. Krinick of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Gische, Webber, Friedman, Kennedy, JJ.


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...

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