No issues of fact preclude summary judgment as to the second and fourth causes of action for punitive damages. "Punitive damages are not recoverable for an ordinary breach of contract as their purpose is not to remedy private wrongs but to vindicate public rights" (Rocanova v Equitable Life Assur. Socy. of U.S.,
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