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DAMAGES FOR FRAUD SHOULD HAVE BEEN BASED UPON OUT OF POCKET LOSS, NOT PROFITS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EARNED ABSENT THE FRAUD, EVEN THOUGH RESPONDENT WAS ENTITLED TO MORE DAMAGES UNDER THE OUT OF POCKET RULE, NO RELIEF CAN BE AFFORDED TO THE NONAPPEALING PARTY (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined that the trial court used the wrong criteria for assessing damages for fraud, but further determined the damages should be reduced and, even though the respondent was entitled to a higher damages award, no relief could be afforded to a nonappealing party. Damages for fraud must be based on out-of-pocket losses, not profits that would have been earned absent the fraud:

“The true measure of damage is indemnity for the actual pecuniary loss sustained as the direct result of the wrong” … . Under this rule, the loss is computed by ascertaining the “difference between the value of the bargain which a plaintiff was induced by fraud to make and the amount or value of the consideration exacted as the price of the bargain”… . Damages are to be calculated to compensate plaintiffs for what they lost because of the fraud, not to compensate them for what they might have gained … . Under the out-of-pocket rule, there can be no recovery of profits which would have been realized in the absence of fraud … . Global Granite Sales Corp. v Sabovic, 2018 NY Slip Op 07414, Second Dept 11-7-18

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