Legal Opinion
O'Grady v. Bluecrest Capital Management LLP
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 15, 2015No. 15-CV-1108 (SHS)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
SIDNEY H. STEIN, District Judge.
In this breach of contract action, plaintiff Nicholas L. O’Grady alleges that Blue-Crest Capital Management LLP (“Blue-Crest”), his former employer, failed to pay O’Grady the bonus and severance payments required by his employment agreement with BlueCrest. BlueCrest has now moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Because the plain terms of O’Grady’s employment contract foreclose his breach of contract and New York Labor Law claims, and his quasi-contract claims are impermissibly duplicative of his breach of contract…
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