26 Cited authorities

  1. Sargiss v. Magarelli

    2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 4301 (N.Y. 2009)   Cited 235 times
    Holding that claim was timely when brought after daughter discovered financial documents in late father's home
  2. Matter of Rothko

    43 N.Y.2d 305 (N.Y. 1977)   Cited 237 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where it is impossible to appraise damages with certainty, the Surrogate "had the right to resort to reasonable conjectures and probable estimates and to make the best approximation possible through the exercise of good judgment and common sense in arriving at that amount"
  3. Witter v. Taggart

    78 N.Y.2d 234 (N.Y. 1991)   Cited 133 times
    In Witter, the common owner conveyed the dominant estate in a deed that contained an encumbrance that burdened the servient estate, which the common owner retained.
  4. Flanagan v. Mt. Eden Gen. Hosp

    24 N.Y.2d 427 (N.Y. 1969)   Cited 225 times
    Holding that "[when] a foreign object is left in a patient's body . . . no claim can be made that the patient's action may be feigned or frivolous . . . there is no possible causal break between the negligence of the doctor or hospital and the patient's injury . . . the danger of belated, false or frivolous claims is eliminated"
  5. Riverside Syndicate v. Munroe

    2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 1028 (N.Y. 2008)   Cited 64 times
    Noting that the six-year statute of limitations for contract actions "does not make an agreement that was void at its inception valid by the mere passage of time"
  6. Adrean Coombs v. Jervier

    74 A.D.3d 724 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)   Cited 54 times

    No. 2009-08895. June 1, 2010. In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud and to impose a constructive trust, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin, J.), dated July 27, 2009, which granted the motion of the defendants Beverly Jervier and Timothy Jervier to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (3) and (5). Ugo Uzoh, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Ugochukwu Uzoh of counsel), for appellant. Farrell Fritz, P.C., Uniondale

  7. Piedra v. Vanover

    174 A.D.2d 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)   Cited 91 times
    Finding claim for fraudulent deed conveyance brought more than six years after transfer of deed barred by applicable statute of limitations
  8. Vilsack v. Meyer

    96 A.D.3d 827 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 29 times

    2012-06-13 Barbara A. VILSACK, formerly known as Barbara A. Vilsack Meyer, respondent, v. Frederick C. MEYER, et al., appellants, et al., defendants. Frederick C. Meyer, Hampton Bays, N.Y., appellant pro se, and for appellants Frederick C. Meyer III and Clair Morgan Meyer. Flower, Medalie & Markowitz, Bay Shore, N.Y. (Randolph M. Medalie of counsel), for respondent. MARK C. DILLON Frederick C. Meyer, Hampton Bays, N.Y., appellant pro se, and for appellants Frederick C. Meyer III and Clair Morgan

  9. Shalik v. Hewlett Assocs., L.P.

    93 A.D.3d 777 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 29 times
    Discussing discovery rule in the context of fraud claims
  10. JP Morgan Chase Bank v. Kalpakis

    91 A.D.3d 722 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 20 times

    2012-01-17 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, etc., appellant, v. Bette KALPAKIS, et al., defendants,Lythia A. Rousseas, et al., intervenors-defendants-respondents. Butler, Fitzgerald, Fiveson & McCarthy, New York, N.Y. (David K. Fiveson and Mark J. Krueger of counsel), for appellant. Donald Pearce, New York, N.Y., for intervenors-defendants-respondents. PETER B. SKELOS Butler, Fitzgerald, Fiveson & McCarthy, New York, N.Y. (David K. Fiveson and Mark J. Krueger of counsel), for appellant