Geary v. Hunton & Williams

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Franklin Weissberg, J.), entered June 12, 1998, which, in an action for fraud and breach of contract against defendant law firm, plaintiffs former employer, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs fraudulent inducement cause of action, which seeks recovery for the loss of enhanced earning potential that plaintiff allegedly would have realized had defendant’s banking litigation practice been as substantial as allegedly represented, or if he had accepted a job with a different…