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MEGARO v. PFIZER, INC.

12124, 306986/08, 84084/11

116 A.D.3d 427 (2014)

984 N.Y.S.2d 297

2014 NY Slip Op 2248

ANGELO MEGARO, Respondent, v. PFIZER, INC., et al., Respondents, and JONES LANG LASALLE AMERICAS INC., Appellant, et al., Defendant. (And Third-Party Actions.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 1, 2014.

A contractual obligation does not generally "give rise to tort liability in favor of a third party" (Espinal v Melville Snow Contrs., 98 N.Y.2d 136, 138 [2002]). However, a contractor is potentially liable in tort to third persons, where the contracting party "launche[s] a force or instrument of harm," where the plaintiff suffers injury as a result of reasonable reliance on the defendant's continued performance of a contractual obligation...

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