Woodhull Corp. v. Saibaba Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• damages that arise from fraud, other than a fraudulent inducement to enter a contract, are not duplicative of a breach of contract claim
• party not permitted to double recovery of the same damages for the same wrong
• “Where, for the same damages, there exists an action in contract and tort, i.e., fraud, the plaintiff must elect between the causes of action and cannot recover in both.”
• party “not permitted a double recovery of the same damages for the same wrong”
• plaintiff cannot recover for both breach of contract and fraud in the inducement
• plaintiff cannot recover for both breach of contract and fraud in the inducement

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