30 Cited authorities

  1. Vermont Teddy Bear Co. v. 538 Madison Realty Co.

    1 N.Y.3d 470 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 664 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding no intent to add terms where sophisticated parties could have added a term, but failed to do so
  2. Beal Sav. Bank v. Sommer

    8 N.Y.3d 318 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 547 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a contract should not be interpreted so as to render any portion of it meaningless
  3. Ely-Cruikshank Co. v. Bank

    81 N.Y.2d 399 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 490 times
    Holding that the statute of limitations accrues from time of breach
  4. Oppenheimer Co. v. Oppenheim

    86 N.Y.2d 685 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 444 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that obligation by landlord to furnish proof of sale or development was not condition of effective termination where contract merely required that such proof be furnished “ when such notice [of termination] is given”
  5. R/S Associates v. New York Job Development Authority

    98 N.Y.2d 29 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 322 times
    Holding that unless the court finds ambiguity, evidence outside the four corners of the contract is generally inadmissible
  6. Great Canal Realty Corp. v. Seneca Ins. Co., Inc.

    5 N.Y.3d 742 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 220 times
    In Great Canal Realty Corp. v Seneca Ins. Co., Inc. (5 NY3d 742, 743-744), the Court of Appeals stated that, while an insured's reasonable "good-faith belief of nonliability" may excuse a failure to give timely notice, "it may be relevant on the issue of reasonableness, whether and to what extent, the insured has inquired into the circumstances of the accident or occurrence" (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
  7. Hahn Auto. Warehouse, Inc. v. Am. Zurich Ins. Co.

    2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 2344 (N.Y. 2012)   Cited 132 times
    Assuming there is a right to payment when the party has the contractual right to, and does, demand unconditional payment
  8. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Quicken Loans Inc.

    810 F.3d 861 (2d Cir. 2015)   Cited 118 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Affirming decision to dismiss good-faith-and-fair-dealing-claim as duplicative of breach-of-contract claim
  9. John J. Kassner & Co. v. City of New York

    46 N.Y.2d 544 (N.Y. 1979)   Cited 310 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the cause of action accrues and the Statute of Limitations begins to run from the time of the breach" of a contract
  10. Flanagan v. Mt. Eden Gen. Hosp

    24 N.Y.2d 427 (N.Y. 1969)   Cited 225 times
    Holding that "[when] a foreign object is left in a patient's body . . . no claim can be made that the patient's action may be feigned or frivolous . . . there is no possible causal break between the negligence of the doctor or hospital and the patient's injury . . . the danger of belated, false or frivolous claims is eliminated"
  11. Section 5-1401 - Choice of law

    N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-1401   Cited 97 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing contracting parties' choice of New York law to govern certain major transactions
  12. Section 17-103 - Agreements waiving the statute of limitation

    N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 17-103   Cited 86 times
    Limiting the effectiveness of " promise to waive, to extend, or not to plead [certain] statute of limitation[] . . . ."
  13. Section 500.13 - Content and form of briefs in normal course appeals

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 500.13

    (a) Content. All briefs shall conform to the requirements of section 500.1 of this Part and contain a table of contents, a table of cases and authorities, questions presented, point headings, and, if necessary, a disclosure statement pursuant to section 500.1(f) of this Part. Such disclosure statement shall be included before the table of contents in the party's principal brief. Appellant's brief shall include a statement showing that the court has jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and to review