Becker Glynn Secures Dismissal of Fraud and Tortious Interference Claims

After the Firm’s client sold its commercial property and business, a plaintiff associated with the buyer sued the client, wrongly claiming fraud and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage. Firm litigators Zeb Landsman and Tara Higgins sent the case to New York’s Commercial Division and filed papers seeking a pre-answer dismissal based on the written terms of the governing contracts. Those terms, they argued, refuted and estopped the plaintiff from raising its claims. Fact discovery into the claims was therefore unwarranted, they contended. The New York court agreed, dismissing both claims entirely.