In re the Arbitration between Pierce

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• finding that party’s contribution claim “should have been dismissed” “in the absence of tort liability” where the plaintiff’s underlying claim sought “the identical contractual benefit of the bargain”
• plaintiff cannot maintain a cause of action in tort for conduct that is governed by a contractual relationship when “the identical contractual benefit of the bargain recovery is sought”
• “the motion court correctly held that Rockefeller’s misrepresentation and fraudulent misrepresentation claims against Tishman are duplicative of its breach of contract cause of action since the identical contractual benefit of the bargain recovery is sought”

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