*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 557

CA 16-01678

PRESENT: PERADOTTO, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, TROUTMAN, AND SCUDDER, JJ. LIFCARE USA, LLC, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

V ORDER FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP,

DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (STEPHEN W. KELKENBERG OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

WEBSTER SZANYI LLP, BUFFALO (ANDREW MILLER OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Timothy J. Walker, A.J.), entered July 8, 2016. The order denied in part defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: April 28, 2017 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court