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FRAUD WAS NOT ADEQUATELY PLED, THE SIX-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DID NOT APPLY TO THE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS, THE JUDICIARY LAW 487 CAUSE OF ACTION WAS NOT ADEQUATELY PLED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the fraud and Judiciary Law 487 causes of action should have been dismissed. All of the elements of fraud were not pled with particularity, the six-year statute of limitations did not apply because the fraud allegations were identical to the injurious falsehood and tortious interference claims, and the Judiciary Law 487 causes of actions did not relate to any proceedings before the court:

Although fraud claims are generally governed by a six-year statute of limitations (see CPLR 213 [8]), “courts will not apply the fraud [s]tatute of [l]imitations if the fraud allegation is only incidental to the claim asserted; otherwise, fraud would be used as a means to litigate stale claims” … . “In classifying a cause of action for statute of limitations purposes, the controlling consideration is not the form in which the cause of action is stated, but its substance” … . Inasmuch as the gravamen of plaintiffs’ fraud claim is that plaintiffs suffered reputational damages and a loss of goodwill as a result of defendants’ conduct and that [plaintiff] lost its contract … as a result of defendants’ fraudulent scheme, we conclude that the fraud allegation is incidental to the injurious falsehood and tortious interference claims, which were dismissed by the court as time-barred.

… [T]he court erred in denying that part of the motion seeking to dismiss the ninth cause of action, for violations of Judiciary Law § 487 … .Under section 487 (1), an attorney who “[i]s guilty of any deceit or collusion . . . with intent to deceive the court or any party,” is guilty of a misdemeanor and is potentially liable for treble damages to be recovered in a civil action. A violation of the statute may be established by evidence of the defendant’s alleged deceit … but “alleged deceit that is not directed at a court must occur in the course of ‘a pending judicial proceeding’ ” … .

… The complaint failed to allege, however, that [defendant law firm] engaged in egregious misconduct or made a material false statement in the course of a judicial proceeding. The allegedly deceitful memorandum was not directed at the court, and the complaint failed to allege that it was promulgated during a pending judicial proceeding … . Dreamco Dev. Corp. v Empire State Dev. Corp., 2021 NY Slip Op 00952, Fourth Dept 2-11-21

 

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