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Earlier today, I got what was hands-down, the most ridiculous phone call seeking legal services in New York that I have ever received. Here are the pertinent facts: This guy (we’ll call him “A’) was mistakenly over-billed by a company (we’ll call them “C”) for services that they rendered. Simple enough, right? But this was [...]
Lending further credence to our earlier article, “Why Many (If Not Most) Business Fraud Claims Are Dismissed By New York’s Courts,” a New York County trial judge recently dismissed a plaintiff’s fraudulent misrepresentation claims. You might be inclined to ask, “Isn’t fraudulent misrepresentation materially different than garden-variety fraud (which was discussed in the article above)?” [...]
As you may recall from my earlier articles, “Why Many (If Not Most) Business Fraud Claims Are Dismissed” and “How to Prove a Successful Business Fraud Claim Under NY Law,” it is very tough to prevail on a fraud claim in New York, because the pleadings (i.e., the allegations you make in your court papers) [...]
Reading the appellate court’s rendition of the facts in this breach of contract, breach of non-competition agreement and fraudulent inducement/concealment case, it is clear that the court empathized with the plaintiff, and wanted to allow the plaintiffs their day in court. The sordid details are as follows: In GoSmile, Inc. v. Levine, the defendant founded [...]
In GoSmile, Inc. v. Levine, a decision that was handed down on December 21, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department (which covers New York and Bronx Counties) was confronted with the following question: “whether a plaintiff is permitted to assert claims for both fraud and breach of contract, where the fraud claim is based upon [...]
As a corollary to our blog article “When You Can Incur Personal Liability for a Debt in New York,” the question arises as to what New York’s courts will do when a claimant tries to hold a corporate officer personally liable in either breach of contract or fraud. To that end, in a November 18 [...]
While it is true that, generally speaking, you can’t recover in fraud or negligence against someone unless you actually have an agreement with them (or in legal terms, are “in privity”), there is a narrow – but important – exception to this rule. And that is when the relationship is close enough that they’re no [...]
If the unsubstantiated claims of this plaintiff are actually true, then I feel bad for the plaintiff. But, as noted by the Court, therein lies the problem: the allegations are unsubstantiated. In Lecce Penn Co. SPA v. Adrenaline Marketing & Promotions, Inc., the plaintiff sued in breach of contract and fraud to recover over $300,000 [...]
Before addressing how you prove a negligent misrepresentation claim, we first have to define what it is – and what it isn’t. Unlike its cousin, the fraud claim, negligent misrepresentation does not require a showing of malicious intent or recklessness by the defendant; rather, it requires that the plaintiff prove the following by a preponderance [...]
In a June 15 decision in Callisto Pharm. Inc. v. Picker, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department affirmed the trial court’s ruling that dismissed the plaintiff’s claims that its employee was secretly negotiating with their business partner, and therefore liable in breach of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, the plaintiff claimed [...]
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