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Dismissal of Complaint Pursuant to CPLR 3211 Appropriate Where Documentary Evidence Flatly Contradicts Allegations in the Complaint

In finding that the defendants were entitled to a dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to CPLR 3211, the Second Department explained the effect of documentary evidence which refutes allegations in the complaint:

“A motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) . . . may appropriately be granted only where the documentary evidence utterly refutes plaintiff’s factual allegations, conclusively establishing a defense as a matter of law'” … . On a motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) for failure to state a cause of action, the court must “afford the pleading a liberal construction, accept all facts as alleged in the pleading to be true, accord the plaintiff the benefit of every possible favorable inference, and determine only whether the facts as alleged fit within any cognizable legal theory” … . “However, factual allegations which are flatly contradicted by the record are not presumed to be true and, [i]f the documentary proof disproves an essential allegation of the complaint, dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) is warranted even if the allegations, standing alone, could withstand a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action'” … .  Coastal Purch Group LLC v JPMCC 2005-CIBC Collins Lodging LLC, 2014 NY Slip Op 06292, 2nd Dept 9-24-14

 

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