Bridgestone/firestone, Inc. v. Recovery Credit Services, Inc., Revenue Recovery, Inc. And George Beladino

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• holding that misrepresentations of intent to perform under a contract are not sufficient to support a claim of fraud under New York law
• holding that under New York law, even intentionally false statements of intent to perform a contract do not rise to fraud
• concluding that contract provision provided no \unmistakably clear statement\ that fees on fees were intended
• holding that misrepresentations of intent to perform under a contract are not sufficient to support a claim of fraud under New York law
• holding that plaintiffs seeking to recover in both tort and contract may be able to do so if, inter alia, they allege special damages connected to the tort and unrecoverable under contract
• holding that intraparty fees are not indemnified where the indemnification clause is not “unmistakably clear” that it covers attorneys’ fees in a breach-of-contract action and “may easily be read as limited to third party actions”

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