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COMPLAINT STATED A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE INJURED PLAINTIFF, BUT DID NOT STATE A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE NONPARTY INSURER, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THE MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE INSURER WERE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PLAINTIFF (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the fraud cause of action against the property insurer which had disclaimed coverage should have been dismissed.  Plaintiff was injured on property owned by defendant Kirit and insured by nonparty Liberty Mutual Insurance. The fraud cause of action based upon alleged misrepresentations about the insurance coverage made to plaintiff by Kirit properly survived a motion to dismiss. But the fraud cause of action based upon alleged misrepresentations by Kirit to Liberty Mutual should have been dismissed:

The elements of a cause of action to recover damages for fraud are “a material misrepresentation of a fact, knowledge of its falsity, an intent to induce reliance, justifiable reliance by the plaintiff and damages” … . Moreover, where a cause of action is based on fraud, “the circumstances constituting the wrong shall be stated in detail” (CPLR 3016[b]… ).

Here, construing the complaint liberally, accepting all factual allegations to be true, and giving the plaintiff the benefit of all favorable inferences … , the complaint adequately stated a cause of action alleging fraud based upon the allegations that the defendants knowingly made misrepresentations to the plaintiff regarding insurance coverage for the renovation project. The complaint stated the misrepresentations with sufficient particularity to clearly inform the defendants of the incidents complained of … . However, the plaintiff failed to state a cause of action based upon alleged misrepresentations the defendants made to Liberty Mutual, as the plaintiff failed to adequately allege that the misrepresentations were made for the purpose of being communicated to the plaintiff in order to induce his reliance thereon or that these misrepresentations were relayed to the plaintiff, who then relied upon them … . Robles v Patel, 2018 NY Slip Op 06779, Second Dept 10-10-18

FRAUD (COMPLAINT STATED A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE INJURED PLAINTIFF, BUT DID NOT STATE A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE NONPARTY INSURER, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THE MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE INSURER WERE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PLAINTIFF (SECOND DEPT))/INSURANCE LAW (FRAUD, COMPLAINT STATED A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE INJURED PLAINTIFF, BUT DID NOT STATE A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE NONPARTY INSURER, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THE MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE INSURER WERE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PLAINTIFF (SECOND DEPT))/CIVIL PROCEDURE (FRAUD, COMPLAINT STATED A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE INJURED PLAINTIFF, BUT DID NOT STATE A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE NONPARTY INSURER, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THE MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE INSURER WERE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PLAINTIFF (SECOND DEPT))/CPLR 3016 (FRAUD, COMPLAINT STATED A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE INJURED PLAINTIFF, BUT DID NOT STATE A FRAUD CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY DEFENDANT TO THE NONPARTY INSURER, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION THE MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE INSURER WERE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE PLAINTIFF (SECOND DEPT))

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