Schwartz v Schwartz
2008 NY Slip Op 08312 [55 AD3d 897]
October 28, 2008
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, December 10, 2008


Lisa Schwartz, Respondent,
v
Harold Schwartz, Defendant, andSchwartz Brothers Yerusha, LLC, Appellant.

[*1]Joseph J. Haspel, Goshen, N.Y., for appellant.

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud, conversion, and unjust enrichment, thedefendant Schwartz Brothers Yerusha, LLC, appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court,Kings County (Partnow, J.), dated April 7, 2007, as denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7)to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

In considering a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a)(7), the allegations in the complaint should be accepted as true (see Leon v Martinez, 84NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]). Such a motion should be granted only where, even viewing the allegations astrue, the plaintiff still cannot establish a cause of action (see Morales v Copy Right, Inc., 28 AD3d 440, 441 [2006]; Hartman v Morganstern, 28 AD3d423, 424 [2006]; Asgahar v TringaliRealty, Inc., 18 AD3d 408, 409 [2005]).

Contrary to the appellant's contention, the complaint sufficiently pleaded causes of action allegingfraud (see Richmond Shop Smart, Inc. vKenbar Dev. Ctr., LLC, 32 AD3d 423 [2006]), conversion (see Hearst v Hearst, 50 AD3d 959,962-963 [2008]; Gilman v Abagnale, 235 AD2d 989, 991 [1997]), and unjust enrichment (see Snitovsky v Forest Hills Orthopedic Group,P.C., 44 AD3d 845 [2007]; Cruz vMcAneney, 31 AD3d 54, 59 [2006]). The complaint also stated a cause of action for theimposition of a constructive trust (see Cruz vMcAneney, 31 AD3d 54, 58-59 [2006]; Panish v Panish, 24 AD3d 642, 643 [2005]).[*2]

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit. Rivera,J.P., Lifson, Miller and Eng, JJ., concur.


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