AKINROSOTU v. KELLMAN

We agree with the IAS court that plaintiff's causes of action accrued when defendant wrote the letter dated July 20, 1994, indicating that she refused to return plaintiff's initial payment of $5,000 towards her $50,000 retainer fee. However, we disagree with the court's implicit conclusion that plaintiff is limited to a cause of action for legal malpractice and its concomitant three-year Statute of Limitations. Plaintiff's first and fourth causes of action specifically allege causes of action for money had and received and for breach of contract, both of which are governed by a six-year Statute of Limitations.

Accordingly, plaintiff's action commenced on October 4, 1999 is timely as to those causes of action.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.