CPLR 3024(b) Archives - Pospis Law, PLLC

July 5, 2026 by mjpospis

Court Strikes Allegations, Pertaining to Legal Dispute Between Counsel, From Employment Discrimination Complaint

In Beldock v. Soho House New York Inc., No. 158444/2023, 2026 WL 1880202 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 23, 2026), an employment discrimination case, the court granted defendant’s motion to strike portions of plaintiff’s complaint – specifically, correspondence between counsel – under § 3024(b). From the decision: Under CPLR § 3024(b), “a party may move to…

“Scandalous” Language, Pertaining to History of Concealment of Alleged Priest Sexual Abuse, Was Pertinent to Claims and Thus Not Stricken, Court Rules

In S.S v. Diocese of Brooklyn, No. 523927/2019, 2024 WL 515477 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County Feb. 05, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to strike “scandalous” language from plaintiff’s complaint. From the decision: Defendants move by Notice of Motion seq. 002 for an order striking scandalous and unnecessary language from the complaint…

Court Interprets, and Finds Claim Stated Against Paul Haggis Under, the NYC Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law

In Haleigh Breest v. Paul Haggis, No. 161137/17, 9783, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 09398, 2019 WL 7196544 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Dec. 26, 2019), the court addressed the following question: what must a plaintiff allege in order to state a cause of action under New York City’s Victims of Gender–Motivated Violence Protection Law (Administrative Code of…