Pludeman v. Northern Leasing Sys., Inc

In Pludeman v. Northern Leasing Sys., Inc. (10 NY3d 486 [2008] the Court of Appeals stated that: "section 3016 (b) should not be so strictly interpreted as to prevent an otherwise valid cause of action in situations where it may be impossible to state in detail the circumstances constituting a fraud. Thus, where concrete facts are peculiarly within the knowledge of the party charged with the fraud, it would work a potentially unnecessary injustice to dismiss a case at an early stage where any pleading deficiency might be cured later in the proceedings." (id. at 489-492).