Case Name: Joseph Collins, Appellant, v. Martin P. Unger, Esq., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-04-05
Citations: 138 A.D.3d 421
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Collins, Appellant, v Martin P. Unger, Esq., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
Judges: Concur — Tom, J.P., Friedman, Richter, Gische and Gesmer, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 421–422

Head Matter:
Joseph Collins, Appellant, v Martin P. Unger, Esq., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
[27 NYS3d 859]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered on or about October 8, 2014, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendants Martin P. Unger's and Blank Rome, LLP's motions to dismiss the complaint as against them pursuant to CPLR 3211, and order, same court and Justice, entered on or about December 22, 2014, which granted Blank Rome's motion to dismiss the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The legal claims are time-barred (see e.g. Chelsea Piers L.P. v Hudson Riv. Park Trust, 106 AD3d 410, 412 [1st Dept 2013] ["a breach of contract cause of action accrues at the time of the breach, even if no damage occurs until later" (internal quotation marks omitted)]; Sanchez de Hernandez v Bank of Nova Scotia, 76 AD3d 929, 930 [1st Dept 2010] [there was no "affirmative breach that occurred within the limitations period"], lv denied 16 NY3d 705 [2011]), and the equitable claim for an accounting is barred by laches (see Matter of Linker, 23 AD3d 186 [1st Dept 2005]).
Concur — Tom, J.P., Friedman, Richter, Gische and Gesmer, JJ.