Levine v. American International Group

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Levine v. American International Group

16 A.D.3d 250, 792 N.Y.S.2d 35, 2005 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2986

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided March 22, 2005·Published

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Edward Ramos, J.), entered January 26, 2004, dismissing the complaint as against all defendants, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The oral agreement by which defendants allegedly considered plaintiffs rights as vested under their deferred compensation plan in the event of his early termination was not capable of [251]*251performance within one year, and thus violated the statute of frauds (see Sheehy v Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP, 3 NY3d 554 [2004]).

A cause of action for fraud arising out of a contractual relationship may be maintained only where the plaintiff alleges a breach of duty separate from, or in addition to, a breach of the contract (see Non-Linear Trading Co. v Braddis Assoc., 243 AD2d 107, 118 [1998]). In the absence of such pleading, the causes of action alleging fraud and fraudulent inducement were properly dismissed. Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Sullivan, Ellerin and Nardelli, JJ.

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Edward Ramos, J.), entered January 26, 2004, dismissing the complaint as against all defendants, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The oral agreement by which defendants allegedly considered plaintiffs rights as vested under their deferred compensation plan in the event of his early termination was not capable of [251]*251performance within one year, and thus violated the statute of frauds (see Sheehy v Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP, 3 NY3d 554 [2004]).

A cause of action for fraud arising out of a contractual relationship may be maintained only where the plaintiff alleges a breach of duty separate from, or in addition to, a breach of the contract (see Non-Linear Trading Co. v Braddis Assoc., 243 AD2d 107, 118 [1998]). In the absence of such pleading, the causes of action alleging fraud and fraudulent inducement were properly dismissed. Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Sullivan, Ellerin and Nardelli, JJ.

Levine v. American International Group, 16 A.D.3d 250, 792 N.Y.S.2d 35, 2005 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2986 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2005).

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