What happens when a “faithless servant” employee absconds with confidential company emails, and then “deletes” them from the company’s server—does a claim for conversion lie? The answer is “maybe” as held in Young Adult Inst. v. Corporate Source, 2018 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1305, 2018 NY Slip Op 30640(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. Apr.11, 2018) (Kornreich, J.).
Motions to dismiss based upon “documentary evidence,” pursuant to CPLR Rule 3211(a)(1), depending on the circumstances, may be properly predicated upon emails and social media posts as held in Petito v. Law Offs. Bart J. Eagle, 2018 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1058, 2018 NY Slip Op 30499(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. Mar. 3, 2028 (Masley, J.). Emails and social media posts also can either properly support or defeat a motion for summary judgment as found in both Luce v. Fleck, 2018 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1421, 2018 NY Slip Op 28122 (Sup. Ct. Livingston Co. Apr. 18, 2018) and Yun Capital v. Judge, 2018 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2015, 2018 NY Slip Op 31009(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. May 23, 2018) (Kornreich, J.).
