Case Name: Steven Spinelli, Appellant, v. Zuckerberg & Santangelo, P. C., et al., Defendants, and Joseph T. Santangelo, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-01-29
Citations: 223 A.D.2d 697
Docket Number: 
Parties: Steven Spinelli, Appellant, v Zuckerberg & Santangelo, P. C., et al., Defendants, and Joseph T. Santangelo, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 697–698

Head Matter:
Steven Spinelli, Appellant, v Zuckerberg & Santangelo, P. C., et al., Defendants, and Joseph T. Santangelo, Respondent.
[637 NYS2d 935]

Opinion:
In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for fraud, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dunkin, J.), dated August 16, 1994, which granted the motion of the defendant Joseph T. Santangelo to dismiss the complaint insofar as it is asserted against him based on, among other things, the failure to state a cause of action.
Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated insofar as it is asserted against the defendant Joseph T. Santangelo.
Contrary to the contentions of the defendant Joseph T. San-tangelo, the complaint stated cognizable causes of action to recover damages, inter alia, for fraud, as against him (see, Stukuls v State of New York, 42 NY2d 272, 275). Thompson, J. P., Sullivan, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.