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900 Unlimited, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 16, 1995
215 A.D.2d 227 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

May 16, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.).


In the absence of a contractual relationship or a confidential or fiduciary relationship, a party may not recover for fraudulent concealment of fact, since absent such a relationship, there is no duty to disclose (see, County of Westchester v Becket Assocs., 102 A.D.2d 34, 50-51, affd 66 N.Y.2d 642). Accordingly, the IAS Court properly determined that the record raises no question of fact as to liability for fraudulent concealment. Moreover, there can be no unjust enrichment, since defendant MCI had the right to retain monies from defendant Semper Barris pursuant to contract between these parties. Finally, we note that plaintiff's principal, according to his deposition submitted on the motion, was well aware of the arrangement between the various parties and in fact chose to use defendant Semper Barris rather than any other entity or other long distance carrier.

We have considered plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Rubin, Asch and Williams, JJ.


Summaries of

900 Unlimited, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 16, 1995
215 A.D.2d 227 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

900 Unlimited, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.

Case Details

Full title:900 UNLIMITED, INC., Appellant, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 16, 1995

Citations

215 A.D.2d 227 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
626 N.Y.S.2d 188

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