Corsello v. Verizon New York, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• providing that an unjust enrichment claim that merely “duplicates, or replaces, a conventional contract or tort claim” may not proceed
• explaining that “unjust enrichment claim is not available where it simply duplicates, or replaces, a conventional contract or tort claim”
• stating that “unjust enrichment is not a catchall cause of action to be used when others fail”
• noting that unjust enrichment claims are available where defendant “though guilty of no wrongdoing, has received money to which he or she is not entitled”
• observing that “[a]n unjust enrichment claim is not available where it simply duplicates, or replaces, a conventional contract or tort claim”
• explaining that unjust enrichment is “available only” when “defendant has not breached a contract nor committed a recognized tort”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).