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22 Jun 2017, 9:17 am by The Silber Law Firm LLC
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Connaughton, a chef hired by Chipotle, alleged that he was fraudulently induced into selling his business idea to Chipotle. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 6:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The alleged “lost opportunity” damages are too speculative to support a recovery, since a plaintiff cannot be compensated under a fraud cause of action “for what [he] might have gained” (Connaughton v Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 29 NY3d 137, 142 [2017] [internal quotation marks omitted]). [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 6:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The alleged “lost opportunity” damages are too speculative to support a recovery, since a plaintiff cannot be compensated under a fraud cause of action “for what [he] might have gained” (Connaughton v Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 29 NY3d 137, 142 [2017] [internal quotation marks omitted]). [read post]
1 Jun 2018, 4:35 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Nor do we believe that our decision will lead to unpredictability or confusion given that it reiterates the proposition that bare legal conclusions in a pleading are not entitled to consideration when assessing a motion to dismiss under CPLR 3211 (a) (7) (see Myers v Schneiderman, 30 NY3d 1, 11 [2017]; Connaughton v Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 29 NY3d at 141; Maas v Cornell Univ., 94 NY2d 87, 91… [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 4:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
A court considering such a motion must construe the pleading liberally, “accept the facts as alleged in the [pleading] as true, accord [the] plaintiff[] the benefit of every possible favorable inference, and determine only whether the facts as alleged fit within any cognizable legal theory” (Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; accord Connaughton v Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 29 NY3d 137, 141 [2017]; Rushaid… [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 3:07 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“On a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action under CPLR 3211(a)(7), ‘[w]e accept the facts as alleged in the complaint as true, accord plaintiff[ ] the benefit of every possible favorable inference, and determine only whether the facts as alleged fit within any cognizable legal theory'” (Connaughton v Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., 29 NY3d 137, 141, quoting Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d at 87-88). [read post]