GOLDSMITH v. FIGHT FOR SIGHT INC (1998)

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered August 13, 1997, which, insofar as appealed from, dismissed plaintiff's cause of action for fraud and brings up for review an order of the same court and Justice entered August 6, 1997, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment to the extent of dismissing plaintiff's cause of action for fraud, unanimously affirmed, without costs.   Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered on or about August 6, 1997, unanimously dismissed, without costs.

 We agree with the motion court that plaintiff's promotion was contingent on future conduct and performance and any representations with respect to it were therefore promissory rather than fraudulent (see, Tannehill v. Paul Stuart. Inc., 226 A.D.2d 117, 640 N.Y.S.2d 505).   While the allegation regarding the nature of defendant charitable organization as a national organization separate from its parent sets forth a misrepresentation of an existing fact (see, Navaretta v. Group Health Inc., 191 A.D.2d 953, 954, 595 N.Y.S.2d 839, citing Stewart v. Jackson & Nash, 976 F.2d 86, 89), the allegation is unsupported.   Plaintiff failed to avail himself of the opportunity to rebut defendants' averment that the organization was never merged into the other affiliated organization, and there was no representation by defendants that clearly advised plaintiff that defendant organization was indeed national in scope.

 We note, in addition, that plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact with regard to his claimed detriment, inasmuch as his claimed losses were either not out-of-pocket (see, Delcor Labs v. Cosmair, Inc., 169 A.D.2d 639, 640, 564 N.Y.S.2d 771, app. dismissed 78 N.Y.2d 952, 573 N.Y.S.2d 646, 578 N.E.2d 444) or were speculative.   The claim of emotional injury was unsupported by medical evidence, which, contrary to plaintiff's bald assertion, is clearly required (see, Young v. GSL Enters., 237 A.D.2d 119, 654 N.Y.S.2d 24;  Glendora v. Walsh, 227 A.D.2d 377, 377-378, 642 N.Y.S.2d 545, lv. denied 88 N.Y.2d 812, 649 N.Y.S.2d 379, 672 N.E.2d 605, cert. denied 519 U.S. 1122, 117 S.Ct. 973, 136 L.Ed.2d 856;  Christenson v. Gutman, 249 A.D.2d 805, 671 N.Y.S.2d 835).

 Moreover, under the circumstances, the uncompensated trustee defendants are immune from liability (see, Not-For-Profit Corporation Law § 720-a;  Rabushka v. Marks, 229 A.D.2d 899, 646 N.Y.S.2d 392;  Scaccia v. MacCurdy, 239 A.D.2d 942, 661 N.Y.S.2d 812).

We have considered plaintiff's other contentions and find them to be without merit.

MEMORANDUM DECISION.