Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Keegan, J.), entered May 23, 2001 in Albany County, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, and (2) from an order of said court, entered June 14, 2001 in Albany County, which denied plaintiffs’ motion for leave to replead.
Plaintiffs commenced this action against defendants New York State Insurance Fund (hereinafter NYSIF) and defendant Governor seeking damages in the amount of $32 million, plus interest.
In determining a motion of this type, a court must “liberally construe the pleadings in plaintiffs favor, accept the facts alleged as true, and determine whether the facts alleged fit within any cognizable theory * * *. However, [even with this broad standard,] a court need not accept as true legal conclusions or factual allegations that are either inherently incredible or flatly contradicted by documentary evidence * * *” (Ozdemir v Caithness Corp.,
Not one of the exhibits proffered by plaintiffs provides any basis for believing that there was a finding in their favor resulting in a $32 million judgment which was placed in trust for them in the NYSIF prior to the dismissal of their medical malpractice action.
Nor do we find error in Supreme Court’s denial of the motion for leave to replead. Plaintiffs failed to articulate a desire for leave to replead in opposition to the motion to dismiss (see, CPLR 3211 [e]; Cuglietto v Ferone,
Mercure, J.P., Spain, Carpinello and Mugglin, JJ., concur. Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs.
Notes
. This action was also commenced against the Savings Bank of Utica but, pursuant to stipulation, was discontinued against said party.
. Notably, this is one of five state and federal actions commenced by plaintiffs against various state officials, Oneida County employees, insurance companies, private corporations, doctors, attorneys and others in which this conspiracy is alleged. All federal actions have been dismissed and, pursuant to a federal court order issued in December 2001, plaintiffs have been barred from commencing any future actions relating to this alleged conspiracy without leave of court. In one such action, the court found that the allegations lacked a sufficient factual grounding, concluding that “[t]he complaint is utterly incomprehensible on the subject of how the $32 million fund was created.”
