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Question of Fact About Whether Release Procured by Fraud or Duress

In upholding the denial of defendant’s (Countrywide’s) motion for summary judgment based upon the execution of a release, the Second Department determined that the allegations of fraud and duress in procurement of the release raised a question of fact:

 The Countrywide defendants’ motion was properly denied. Although the plaintiff’s execution of the release in favor of the defendants was “a jural act of high significance” …, “a motion to dismiss should be denied where fraud or duress in the procurement of the release is alleged”… . Here, the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the Countrywide defendants procured the release by means of fraud or duress, so as to warrant denial of their motion.   Warmhold v Zagarino, 2013 NY Slip Op 03668, 2nd Dept, 5-22-13

 

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