NORTHEAST METAL TRADERS, INC. v. TAV HOLDINGS, INC.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA NORTHEAST METAL TRADERS, INC., Case No. 2:19-cv-01546-JDW et al., Plaintiffs, v. TAV HOLDINGS, INC., et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM This case poses the familiar question of when parties to a business relationship can assert tort claims, rather than just claims arising from their contract. Defendants think this is such a case and have asserted counterclaims sounding in both contract and tort. To no one’s surprise, Plaintiffs disagree and move to dismiss the tort claims. The Court agrees with Plaintiffs that there is…