Abele Tractor & Equipment Co. v. Balfour

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), entered May 30, 2014 in Albany County, which, among other things, granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Defendant was employed by plaintiff from 1995 until 2009. In December 2012, plaintiff commenced this fraud action alleging that, beginning in 1998, defendant misrepresented his marital status to plaintiff for the purpose of obtaining family health insurance coverage for his paramour and her daughter, causing plaintiff to pay excessive insurance premiums. Following discovery, plaintiff moved for…