| Flatbush Pac. Dev. Corp. v Markowitz |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 03044 [50 AD3d 294] |
| April 3, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Flatbush Pacific Development Corp., Appellant, v Jay Markowitz et al., Respondents. |
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Jay S. Markowitz, respondent pro se.
Davidoff Malito & Hutcher, LLP, Garden City (Michael G. Zapson of counsel), for Michael
G. Zapson, respondent.
Even if there were an escrow agreement, plaintiff's allegation that it was the intended beneficiary of such agreement was conclusory (see e.g. Peabody v Northgate Ford, Inc., 16 AD3d 879, 881 [2005]; Sterritt v Heins Equip. Co., 114 AD2d 616 [1985]). The complaint thus failed to state a cause of action against either the alleged escrow agent, who flatly denied ever holding funds in escrow, or the attorney who represented one of the parties at the closing.
We decline to impose sanctions against plaintiff. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Tom, Buckley and Moskowitz, JJ.