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Treacy v Ferder
               2024 NY Slip Op 31441(U)
                      April 23, 2024
           Supreme Court, New York County
        Docket Number: Index No. 654145/2018
                  Judge: Debra A. James
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                                                                                                                       INDEX NO. 654145/2018
  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 57                                                                                             RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024

                                   SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
                                             NEW YORK COUNTY
            PRESENT:             HON. DEBRA A. JAMES                                               PART   59
                                                                                      Justice
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                                                                                                   INDEX NO.          654145/2018
             TEGAN TREACY,
                                                                                                   MOTION DATE         07/18/2023
                                                         Plaintiff,
                                                                                                   MOTION SEQ. NO.         002
                                                 - V -

             ILAN FERDER, ILAN FERDER STABLES, INC.,OLD
             SALEM FARM ACQUISITION CORP., and KAMRAN                                                DECISION + ORDER ON
             HAKIM,                                                                                        MOTION

                                                         Defendants.
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            The following e-filed documents, listed by NYSCEF document number (Motion 002) 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,
            44,47,48,49,50,51,52,56
            were read on this motion to/for                                                       RENEW/REARGUE

                                                                            ORDER

                      Upon the foregoing documents, it is

                      ORDERED that the motion of defendants for leave to reargue

            the Order, dated September 10, 2020, to the extent that such Order

            denied dismissal of the complaint against Kamran Hakim and denied

            dismissal of the second                               (deceptive acts and practices)                        cause of

            action against defendants                                 Ilan Ferder and Ilan Ferder Stables,

            Inc;      the fourth                ( fraud)         cause of action against defendants Ilan

            Ferder          and        Ilan         Ferder            Stables,             Inc;     the    fifth      (negligent

            misrepresentation) cause of action against defendant Ilan Ferder;

            and the sixth (unjust enrichment) cause of action against defendant

            Ilan Ferder, is GRANTED, as follows; and it is further

             654145/2018 TREACY, TEGAN vs. ILAN FERDER                                                                 Page 1 of 5
             Motion No. 002

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 57                                                                 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024

                   ORDERED that, upon reargument,                   the Court modifies its prior

            Order,      dated     September        10,     2020,    to   the   extent    of    granting

            dismissal of the complaint in its entirety against defendant Kamran

            Hakim, and it is further

                   ORDERED that, upon reargument,                   the Court modifies its prior

            Order,      dated     September        10,     2020,    to   the   extent    of    granting

            dismissal of the second                (deceptive acts and practices)              cause of

            action against defendants                    Ilan Ferder and Ilan Ferder Stables,

            Inc, and dismissal of the fourth, fifth and sixth (fraud, negligent

            misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment) causes of action against

            defendants       Ilan     Ferder      and     Ilan    Ferder Stables,    Inc,      and such

            causes of action are hereby dismissed; and it is further

                   ORDERED that the complaint is dismissed in its entirety as

            against defendant Kamran Hakim,                      with costs and disbursements to

            such defendant as taxed by the Clerk of the Court,                          and the Clerk

            is   directed        to    enter     judgment        accordingly    in   favor      of     such

            defendant; and it is further

                   ORDERED that the action is severed and continued against the

            remaining defendants; and it is further

                   ORDERED that the caption be amended to reflect the dismissal

            and that all future papers filed with the court bear the amended

            caption, as follows:

             654145/2018 TREACY, TEGAN vs. ILAN FERDER                                        Page 2 of 5
             Motion No. 002

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 57                                                                    RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024

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            TEGAN TREACY,

                                   Plaintiff,

            -against-

            ILAN FERDER, ILAN FERDER STABLES, INC.,
            and OLD SALEM FARM ACQUISITION CORP.,

                                   Defendants.
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            ;and it is further

                   ORDERED that counsel                  for    the moving parties shall serve a

            copy of this order with notice of entry upon the Clerk of the Court

            and the Clerk of the General Clerk's Office, who are directed to

            mark the       court's      records      to        reflect   the   change   in the   caption

            herein; and it is further

                   ORDERED that such service upon the Clerk of the Court and the

            Clerk of the General Clerk's Office shall be made in accordance

            with the procedures set forth in the Protocol on Courthouse and

            County Clerk Procedures for Electronically Filed Cases (accessible

            at the "E-Filing" page on the court's website); and it is further

                   ORDERED that defendant Old Salem Farm Acquisition Corporation

            shall serve an answer to the complaint within thirty (30) days of

            service of a copy of this order with notice of entry; and it is

            further

                   ORDERED that the Court otherwise adheres to its Order, dated

            September 10, 2020; and it is further

             654145/2018 TREACY, TEGAN vs. ILAN FERDER                                        Page 3 of 5
             Motion No. 002

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 57                                                                    RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024

                    ORDERED that counsel are directed to post on NYSCEF a proposed

            preliminary        discovery         conference        order   or   competing      proposed

            preliminary discovery order(s)                 at least two days before June 20,

            2024,    on which date            counsel     shall     appear   via Microsoft         Teams,

            unless such appearance be waived by the court.

                                                         DECISION

                    With respect to the second cause of action for deceptive

            acts and practices (violations of General Business Law§ 349),

            plaintiff fails to allege material misrepresentations made to

            the public at large, and therefore such cause of action lacks

            merit.      See Graham v Eagle Distributing Co, Inc, 224 AD2d 921

            (4 th Dept 1996).

                    In addition, plaintiff's claims of (1)                   fraud as against

            defendants Ilan Ferder and Ferder Stables, Inc,                       (2)     negligent

            misrepresentation against defendant Ilan Ferder, and (3) unjust

            enrichment against defendants Ilan Ferder and Ferder Stables,

            Inc are duplicative of her claims for breach of contract claims

            against such defendants, and therefore such claims shall be

            dismissed.        See Soames v 2LS Consulting Engineering, DPC, 187

            AD3d 490      (1 st Dept 2020).

                    This court likewise agrees with defendants that the

            complaint and plaintiff's supporting affidavits state nothing

            more, as to his status, than that defendant Hakim is "doing

            business as" defendant Old Salem Farm Acquisition Corp.                            As such

             654145/2018 TREACY, TEGAN vs. ILAN FERDER                                        Page 4 of 5
             Motion No. 002

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  NYSCEF DOC. NO. 57                                                                          RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/23/2024

            defendant entity is a corporation, defendant Hakim is no more

            than a principal and stockholder of same and is not individually

            liable except on a piercing of the corporate veil basis.

            Plaintiff has not made even conclusory assertions that support

            defendant Hakim's personal liability on plaintiff's breach of

            fiduciary duty, negligent misrepresentation and fraud claims

            against corporate defendant Old Salem Farm Acquisition Corp. See

            Art Capital Bermuda Ltd v Bank of NT Butterfield                              &    Son Limited,

            169 AD3d 426, 427            (1 st Dept 2019); Dabrowski v Abax Inc, 64 AD3d

            426 (1st Dept 2009); and Max Marcus Katz, PC v Sterling National

            Bank, 206 AD3d 533 (1 st Dept 2022).

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                      DATE                                                     DEBRA A. JAMES, J.S.C.

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             CHECK ONE:                  CASE DISPOSED                NON-FINAL DISPOSITION

                                         GRANTED         □ DENIED     GRANTED IN PART                  □ OTHER
             APPLICATION:                SETTLE ORDER                 SUBMIT ORDER

             CHECK IF APPROPRIATE:       INCLUDES TRANSFER/REASSIGN   FIDUCIARY APPOINTMENT            □ REFERENCE

             654145/2018 TREACY, TEGAN vs. ILAN FERDER                                                    Page 5 of 5
             Motion No. 002

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