Case Name: Maureen H. Freyne, Respondent, v. Xerox Corporation et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-12-16
Citations: 98 A.D.2d 965
Docket Number: 
Parties: Maureen H. Freyne, Respondent, v Xerox Corporation et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 98
Pages: 965–965

Head Matter:
Maureen H. Freyne, Respondent, v Xerox Corporation et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
— Order unanimously modified and, as modified, affirmed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Plaintiff instituted this action against Xerox and the individual defendants alleging several causes of action, including fraud and civil conspiracy. Both the corporate and the individual defendants moved at Special Term against the complaint under CPLR 3016 (subd [b]) and 3211 (subd [a], pars 2, 7, 8). They appeal from Special Term's denial of their motion. Special Term erred in denying the individual defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint. A review of the record fails to reveal any factual allegations that the individual defendants acted either outside the scope of their employment or for personal profit 0Citicorp Retail Servs. v Wellington Mercantile Seros., 90 AD2d 532; Di Nardo v L & W Ind. Park, 74 AD2d 736). Plaintiff's cause of action for fraud with respect to certain alleged fraudulent representations contained in a temporary international assignment agreement and other representations relating to the payment of hotel expenses incurred in Toronto, Ontario, should have also been dismissed. These alleged fraudulent representations are, in essence, restatements of plaintiff's contract cause of action and do not state separate causes of action in fraud (Charles v Onondaga Community Coll., 69 AD2d 144,148-149). Additionally, there is no substantive tort of civil conspiracy in New York (Danahy v Meese, 84 AD2d 670, 672); thus, plaintiff's cause of action for civil conspiracy should have been dismissed. We have examined defendant's other arguments and find them to be without merit. (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Tillman, J. — dismiss complaint.) Present — Hancock, Jr., J. P., Doerr, Green, O'Donnell and Moule, JJ.