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ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TISHMAN REALTY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., ET AL., Defendants-Respondents.

With respect to plaintiff's cause of action for negligence, plaintiffs' motion to renew was properly based on an intervening clarification of the law (CPLR 2221[e][2]) in 532 Madison Ave. Gourmet Foods v. Finlandia Ctr. ( 96 N.Y.2d 280, revg 271 A.D.2d 49 and 5th Ave Chocolatiere v. 540 Madison Acquisition Co., 272 A.D.2d 23). It is now clear that defendants' duty of care extended only to those who, as a result of this construction disaster, suffered personal injury or property damage, and not to those who, like plaintiff, suffered only economic loss (id. at 291-292). It does not avail plaintiff that its property is so proximate to defendants' property as to be within a "zone of danger" (id.). Nor does plaintiff have causes of action for public or private nuisance. Plaintiff has no cause of action for public nuisance because the economic injury caused by the cancellation of its productions, while perhaps greater in degree than that sustained by other businesses in the community at large, was not different in kind. "Each was impacted in the ability to conduct business, resulting in financial loss." (id. at 293). Concerning private nuisance, there are no claims of intentional conduct by defendants not directed by the City or of any abnormally dangerous activities, and, for the reasons stated above, there can be no claim of negligent conduct (see Copart Indus. v. Consolidated Edison Co., 41 N.Y.2d 564, 569). We have considered plaintiff's other arguments and find them unavailing.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

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ROUNDABOUT THEATRE CO. v. TISHMAN REALTY
(Feb 20, 2003)