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BREACH OF DUTY CAUSE OF ACTION WAS DUPLICATIVE OF THE BREACH OF CONTRACT CAUSE OF ACTION AND WAS PROPERLY DISMISSED, CRITERIA EXPLAINED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department noted that a breach of duty cause of action was duplicative of the breach of contract action and was properly dismissed:

The cause of action alleging breach of duty was duplicative of the breach of contract cause of action. “[A] simple breach of contract is not to be considered a tort unless a legal duty independent of the contract itself has been violated” … . Junger v John V. Dinan Assoc., Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 06232, Second Dept 9-26-18

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