Case Name: J. Christopher Flowers, Appellant, v. 73rd Townhouse LLC et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-10-04
Citations: 99 A.D.3d 431
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. Christopher Flowers, Appellant, v 73rd Townhouse LLC et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 431–431

Head Matter:
J. Christopher Flowers, Appellant, v 73rd Townhouse LLC et al., Respondents.
[951 NYS2d 393]

Opinion:
The documentary evidence submitted on the motion — namely, checks from the Law Offices of Milton S. Rinzler to certain defendants — failed to show conclusively that plaintiff's claims were time-barred. The affidavits submitted by defendants were not "documentary evidence" within the meaning of CPLR 3211 (a) (1) (see e.g. Granada Condominium III Assn. v Palomino, 78 AD3d 996, 997 [2d Dept 2010]; Fontanetta v John Doe 1, 73 AD3d 78, 85-86 [2d Dept 2010]), and without the affidavits, it cannot be concluded that defendant 73rd Townhouse LLC made distributions that were protected by the statute of limitations in Limited Liability Company Law § 508 (c).
On appeal, defendants argue only the statute of limitations. Accordingly, they have abandoned so much of their motion as was based on CPLR 3211 (a) (7). Concur — Gonzalez, P.J., Saxe, DeGrasse, Freedman and Román, JJ.