Legal Opinion
Par Plumbing Co. v. Engelhard Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 10, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara Kapnick, J.), entered on or about January 14, 1998, which granted the motion of defendant manufacturer Engelhard Corporation for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs remaining causes of action against it, sounding in negligent misrepresentation, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
In a commercial context, “a duty to speak with care exists when ‘the relationship of the parties, arising out of contract or otherwise, [is] such that in morals and good conscience the one has the right to rely upon the other for information’ ” (Kimmell v Schaefer, 89…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Stafkings Health Care Systems, Inc. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Utica-Watertown, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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