Marta Urias v. Daniel P. Buttafuoco

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that Judiciary Law § 487 permits a plenary civil action for attorney deceit, but affirmed the lower courts’ dismissal of the plaintiff’s claim because she failed to allege sufficient factual basis of deceit. The Court also affirmed that the Appellate Division’s dismissal of conversion and fraud claims as improper collateral attacks was proper and not reviewable.