Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1995

Wallice v. Waterpointe at Oakdale Shores, Inc.

Wallice v. Waterpointe at Oakdale Shores, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 18, 1995
222 A.D.2d 578; 636 N.Y.S.2d 645; 1995 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12998
Wallice v. Waterpointe at Oakdale Shores, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover a broker’s commission, the defendant Fleet Bank appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gerard, J.), dated April 25, 1994, which denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) to dismiss the complaint insofar as it is asserted against it.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In considering a motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) the court must accept the plaintiffs allegations as true and must "resolve all inferences which reasonably flow therefrom in favor of the pleader” (Sanders v Winship, 57 NY2d 391, 394; see also, Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87; Guggenheimer v Ginzburg, 43 NY2d 268, 275; 219 Broadway Corp. v Alexander’s, Inc., 46 NY2d 506; Bovino v Village of Wappingers Falls, 215 AD2d 619). Moreover, the "court may freely consider affidavits submitted by the plaintiff to remedy any defects in the complaint” (Leon v Martinez, supra, at 88; Rovello v Orofino Realty Co., 40 NY2d 633, 635). Applying these standards to the instant case, we conclude that the Supreme Court properly denied the motion to dismiss. Thompson, J. P., Ritter, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.

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