Legal Opinion
Kronos, Inc. v. AVX Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1993PublishedCited by 372 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Plaintiff instituted this action in 1991 alleging in its third cause of action that defendant AVX had tortiously induced the breach of its contract with another. AVX moved to dismiss the cause of action claiming it was time-barred (CPLR 3211 [a] [5]). The parties agree that the three-year Statute of Limitations for injury to property applies (see, CPLR 214 [4]), and the sole question presented is whether the cause of action accrued when the contract was breached in 1984, as AVX contends, or in 1988 when plaintiff alleges it first suffered actual damages as a…
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