VAN NEIL v. BERGER

Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion granted in part and third cause of action dismissed. Memorandum: A cause of action for fraud or misrepresentation must state in detail the circumstances constituting the wrong (CPLR 3016 [b]). A cause of action for fraud is not stated where the only fraud alleged relates to a breach of contract (Sparka Travel v Hamza, 182 A.D.2d 1067, 1067-1068). Because plaintiff's third cause of action neither alleges a breach of a duty distinct from the contractual duty between the parties, nor states specific claims of fraud or misrepresentation, Supreme Court should have dismissed it (see, Edwil Indus. v Stroba Instruments Corp., 131 A.D.2d 425).