Category: Tortious Interference

On March 21, 2023, Justice Chan of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Stier 109 LLC v. 109 S. 5 Prop. LLC, 2023 NY Slip Op. 30876(U), dismissing a tortious interference claim for failure adequately to allege that the defendant procured the contract’s breach . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference Claim Dismissed for Failure Adequately to Alleged that the Defendant Procured the Contract’s Breach

On February 14, 2023, Justice Masley of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Crewfacilities.com, LLC v. City of New York, 2023 NY Slip Op. 30462(U), dismissing a tortious interference with business relations claim for lack of factual allegations of wrongful conduct . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference With Business Relations Claim Dismissed for Lack of Factual Allegations of Wrongful Conduct

On December 6, 2022, Justice Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in TPC Angels Landing DTLA, LLC v. Claridge DTLA Assoc., LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op. 34115(U), holding that an employee cannot be liable for tortious interference based on his employer’s breach of contract . . . Continue reading Employee Not Liable for Interference With Employer’s Contract

On December 6, 2022, the First Department issued a decision in 4720 Third Ave. Hous. LLC v. CA Ventures LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op. 06879, holding that a tortious interference with prospective business relations claim failed for lack of allegations of wrongful conduct . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference With Prospective Business Relations Claim Fails for Lack of Allegations of Wrongful Conduct

On November 3, 2022, the First Department issued a decision in Taxi Tours Inc. v. Go N.Y. Tours, Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op. 06186, holding that a tortious interference with prospective business relations claim failed for lack of allegations of conduct amounting to a crime or an independent tort . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference with Prospective Business Relations Claim Fails for Lack of Allegations of Criminal or Tortious Conduct

On April 26, 2022, the First Department issued a decision in Bradbury v. Israel, 2022 NY Slip Op. 02754, holding that only a stranger to a contract can be liable for tortious interference with that contract . . . Continue reading Only Stranger to a Contract Can be Liable for Tortious Interference

On December 27, 2021, Justice Schecter of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Resorts Group, Inc. v. Cerberus Capital Mgt., L.P., 2021 NY Slip Op. 32797(U), holding that a parent entity cannot be liable for tortious interference when the parent, motivated by economic incentives to protect its interest in its subsidiary, causes its subsidiary to breach a contract . . . Continue reading Parent not Liable for Tortious Interference When It Causes Subsidiary to Breach to Protect its Interest in its Subsidiary

On July 28, 2021, the Second Department issued a decision in  Stuart’s, LLC v. Edelman, 2021 NY Slip Op. 04569, holding that a claim for tortious interference with business relations failed for lack of evidence of the defendant’s use of wrongful means . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference With Business Relations Claim Fails for Lack of Evidence of the Defendant’s Use of Wrongful Means