Case Name: Chong Min Mun, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v. Soung Eun Hong, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-10-25
Citations: 44 A.D.3d 534
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chong Min Mun, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v Soung Eun Hong, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 534–534

Head Matter:
Chong Min Mun, Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v Soung Eun Hong, Respondent.
[843 NYS2d 505]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe, III, J.), entered June 12, 2006, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss to the extent of dismissing the cause of action for breach of contract, and granting defendant summary judgment on the causes of action for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and misrepresentation, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.
Plaintiff's breach of contract action should not have been dismissed under CPLR 3211 (a) (see Matter of 166 Mamaroneck Ave. Corp. v 151 E. Post Rd. Corp., 78 NY2d 88, 91 [1991]). As to the remaining causes of action, since it is not clear from the record that both parties had deliberately charted a course for summary judgment, that relief should not have been granted in the absence of adequate notice to the litigants (see Rovello v Orofino Realty Co., 40 NY2d 633, 635 [1976]; Four Seasons Hotels v Vinnik, 127 AD2d 310, 320-321 [1987]). Concur—Lippman, P.J., Andrias, Marlow, Buckley and Catterson, JJ.