Case Name: Midwest Goldbuyers, Inc., Appellant, v. Brink's Global Services USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-09-30
Citations: 120 A.D.3d 1150
Docket Number: 
Parties: Midwest Goldbuyers, Inc., Appellant, v Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Respondent.
Judges: Concur — Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Clark, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 1150–1150

Head Matter:
Midwest Goldbuyers, Inc., Appellant, v Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Respondent.
[992 NYS2d 883]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered June 6, 2013, which, granted defendant's motion to dismiss the first two breach of contract claims, and the negligence claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiffs claims arising from transactions that occurred more than one year before the filing of the instant suit in New York are time-barred under the one-year contractual limitations period. The IAS court correctly held that plaintiffs prior action in Illinois was not a "prior action" for purposes of the six-month toll in CPLR 205 (a) (Lehman Bros. v Hughes Hubbard & Reed, 245 AD2d 203, 203 [1st Dept 1997], affd 92 NY2d 1014 [1998]). Further, the IAS court properly dismissed the claim for negligence as to all transactions, as plaintiff failed to allege any breach of duty independent of the parties' contracts (Sommer v Federal Signal Corp., 79 NY2d 540, 551 [1992]).
Concur — Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels and Clark, JJ.