Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1995

Barefoot v. West Point-Pepperell, Inc.

Barefoot v. West Point-Pepperell, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 14, 1995
222 A.D.2d 281; 635 N.Y.S.2d 226; 1995 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12862
Barefoot v. West Point-Pepperell, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Walter Schackman, J.), entered on or about September 28, 1994, which denied *282defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) and (5), unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The "rule of promptness” generally applicable to rescission claims does not control this action (see, Wolf v National City Bank, 170 App Div 565, 570). As was discussed in detail in a Federal action brought by different parties similarly situated to plaintiffs herein against the same defendant parties as in this case, an exception to the "rule of promptness” prevails in situations such as this, where plaintiffs would have to return nothing to defendants in the event of rescission (Allen v West Point-Pepperell, 908 F Supp 1209, 1218-1220).

We have considered defendants’ other arguments and find them to be without merit. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Wallach, Asch and Tom, JJ.

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