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Lynch and Associates, Inc. v. Fine

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 1989
148 A.D.2d 424 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

March 6, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Orange County (Green, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The gravamen of the instant action is that the individual defendants, while in the employ of the plaintiff, intentionally and improperly interfered with the performance of a contract between the plaintiff and the Town of Warwick by inducing the town to terminate the contract. However, the record indicates that the contract between the town and the plaintiff was terminable at will and thus it must be classified as "that of a prospective contractual relation only" (Guard-Life Corp. v Parker Hardware Mfg. Corp., 50 N.Y.2d 183, 191). Accordingly, under the circumstances herein, it was incumbent upon the plaintiff to supply, in opposition to the defendants' motion for summary judgment, probative evidence of malice or the use of wrongful means, by the defendants (Guard-Life Corp. v. Parker Hardware Mfg. Corp., supra, at 194; 32 N.Y. Jur, Interference, § 40, at 196). The affidavits of Joseph Lynch and Seamus Cunningham, the president and vice-president respectively of the plaintiff, are insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact since they are vague, conclusory, and replete with hearsay. We have reviewed the plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them to be without merit (see, Mayo, Lynch Assocs. v. Fine, 148 A.D.2d 425 [decided herewith]). Mangano, J.P., Brown, Rubin and Kooper, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lynch and Associates, Inc. v. Fine

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 6, 1989
148 A.D.2d 424 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

Lynch and Associates, Inc. v. Fine

Case Details

Full title:MAYO, LYNCH AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellant, v. JEROME L. FINE et al…

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

Date published: Mar 6, 1989

Citations

148 A.D.2d 424 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
538 N.Y.S.2d 580

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