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NEGLIGENCE ACTION STEMMING FROM AN ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED, CRITERIA FOR A VALID NEGLIGENCE CAUSE OF ACTION IN THIS CONTEXT EXPLAINED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined a negligence cause of action, which was based upon a breach of contract allegation, should have been dismissed:

 “[A] simple breach of contract is not to be considered a tort unless a legal duty independent of the contract itself has been violated” … . “This legal duty must spring from circumstances extraneous to, and not constituting elements of, the contract, although it may be connected with and dependent upon the contract” ,,, , “Merely charging a breach of a duty of due care’, employing language familiar to tort law, does not, without more, transform a simple breach of contract into a tort claim” … . “[W]here [a] plaintiff is essentially seeking enforcement of the bargain, the action should proceed under a contract theory” … .

Here, the complaint did not allege facts that would give rise to a duty owed to the plaintiff that is independent of the duty imposed by the parties’ agreement. Ocean Gate Homeowners Assn., Inc. v T.W. Finnerty Prop. Mgt., Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 05475, Second Dept 7-25-18

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