NAUHEIMER v. ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK (1999)

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (DiBlasi, J.), entered February 11, 1998, as granted the branches of the respective motions of the defendant Gennaro Gentile and the defendant Archdiocese of New York which were to dismiss the causes of action asserted in the proposed amended complaint which were to recover damages for breach of trust and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.

 The Supreme Court properly dismissed the first and second causes of action asserted in proposed amended complaint on behalf of the plaintiff Brian Nauheimer, Jr., as time-barred, since the allegations of breach of trust were merely incidental to the intentional tort claims asserted on behalf of that plaintiff, as to which the Statute of Limitations had expired (see, Tserotas v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of N. & S. Am., 251 A.D.2d 323, 673 N.Y.S.2d 1011;  Sharon B. v. Reverend S., 244 A.D.2d 878, 665 N.Y.S.2d 139;  Doe v. Roe, 192 A.D.2d 1089, 596 N.Y.S.2d 620).

 The Supreme Court was also correct in dismissing the fifth cause of action asserted in the proposed amended complaint on behalf of the plaintiff Brian Nauheimer to recover damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress.   Although timely interposed on behalf of that plaintiff, the conduct alleged in that cause of action did not rise to a level which would satisfy the element of “extreme and outrageous conduct” (see, Howell v. New York Post Co., 81 N.Y.2d 115, 121, 596 N.Y.S.2d 350, 612 N.E.2d 699, affd. in part 82 N.Y.2d 690, 601 N.Y.S.2d 572, 619 N.E.2d 650;  Andrews v. Bruk, 220 A.D.2d 376, 631 N.Y.S.2d 771).

The plaintiffs' remaining contentions are without merit.

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.