Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1998

Rivera v. Viera

Rivera v. Viera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 20, 1998
246 A.D.2d 432; 666 N.Y.S.2d 922; 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 346
Rivera v. Viera

Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered September 16, 1996, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by defendants’ brief, upon a search of the record, dismissed defendant Arthur Ramos’ counterclaim for conversion as barred by the Statute of Limitations, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The counterclaim is for conversion, and is barred by the three-year limitations period of CPLR 214 (3). We reject defendant’s argument that his pleading alleges a breach of fiduciary duty by an attorney to his client to which the six-year limitations period of either CPLR 213 (1) or (2) applies. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ellerin, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.

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