WEIR METRO AMBU-SERV., INC. v. Turner, 57 N.Y.2d 911

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff‘s first cause of action failed to allege ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‍either the elements of scienter or deceit, each essential to a cause of action for fraud (24 NY Jur, Fraud and Deceit, § 140). Insufficient too, is the plaintiff‘s second cause of action since the oral agreement on which it was based ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‍contravened the requirement that a contract to perform services for a medical facility which has been issued an operating certificate or certificate of approval be in writing (10 NYCRR 400.4 [a] [1]; see Tooker v Inter-County Tit. Guar. & Mtge. Co., 295 ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‍N.Y. 386). Finally, as to the third cause of action, punitive damages may not be sought as a separate cause of action (see Trans-State Hay & Feed Corp. v Faberge, Inc., 42 AD2d 535, affd 35 N.Y.2d 669).

On review of submissions pursuant to rule 500.2 ‍​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‍(b) of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.2 [g]), order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

Case Details

Case Name: WEIR METRO AMBU-SERV., INC. v. Turner

Court Name: New York Court of Appeals

Date Published: Oct 19, 1982

Citations: 57 N.Y.2d 911; 442 N.E.2d 1268; 456 N.Y.S.2d 757; 1982 N.Y. LEXIS 3779

Court Abbreviation: N.Y.