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THE COMPLAINT ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW 487 WAS DISMISSED; IT WAS ALLEGED AN ATTORNEY WAS AWARE HIS CLIENT’S SLIP AND FALL WAS STAGED; THERE WAS A TWO-JUSTICE DISSENT (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, dismissing the complaint, over a two-justice dissent, determined the allegations of a Judiciary Law violation and fraud against an attorney were insufficient. It was alleged the attorney proceeded with a slip and fall action despite knowledge that the accident was staged:

Defendants/third-party plaintiffs failed to demonstrate “a showing of egregious conduct or a chronic and extreme pattern of behavior on the part of” [attorney] Roytblat, or demonstrate that deliberate misrepresentations necessary to sustain a Judiciary Law § 487 claim were made to defendants and the court …”.

From the dissent:

The third-party complaint adequately meets the heightened pleading standard for a claim under Judiciary Law § 487. It alleges that video evidence appears to show Wilson Pena, a third-party defendant who concededly performs investigative services for Roytblat, deliberately creating the sidewalk defect at issue in the underlying personal injury action. Plaintiff also appears in the video to feign a trip-and-fall accident caused by the defect. The video evidence, links to which were included in the third party complaint, supports this allegation. The complaint further alleges that defendants’ attorney informed Roytblat … that the underlying personal injury claim that Roytblat was pursuing was fraudulent, and that video evidence existed showing fabrication of the sidewalk defect and staging of the accident. Despite having knowledge of the fraud, Roytblat continued to pursue the litigation over the following months and sought to discontinue the action only when informed that a news report concerning the fraud was about to air. Salas v 711-715 E 231st St., LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op 05064, First Dept 8-20-26

Practice Point: Here is a rare example of a Judiciary Law section 487 cause of action alleging an attorney proceeded with a slip and fall case knowing the accident was staged. Those allegations were deemed insufficient and the complaint was dismissed.

 

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