Sokol v. Addison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud and breach of *601fiduciary duty, the defendant June Pelzer appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Berler, J.), dated June 22, 2001, which denied her motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against her.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
A cause of action to recover damages for fraud does not lie where, as here, the only fraud claimed relates to an alleged breach of contract (see Shah v Micro Connections, 286…
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