Case Name: Michael Lambe, Appellant, v. Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Defendants, and Smith Carroad Levy P.C., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-11-20
Citations: 100 A.D.3d 518
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael Lambe, Appellant, v Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Defendants, and Smith Carroad Levy P.C., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 518–518

Head Matter:
Michael Lambe, Appellant, v Lenox Hill Hospital et al., Defendants, and Smith Carroad Levy P.C., Respondent.
[953 NYS2d 855]

Opinion:
— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), entered July 27, 2011, which granted defendant-respondent's (defendant) motion to dismiss the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable cause of action as against defendant. Indeed, read generously, the complaint merely alleges that defendant issued restraining notices on a duly filed default judgment, obtained by predecessor counsel. This conduct does not amount to a tort (Caribbean Constr. Servs. & Assoc. v Zurich Ins. Co., 267 AD2d 81, 83 [1st Dept 1999]). Concur— Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.