HARBER PHILADELPHIA CENTER CITY OFFICE LIMITED v. EICHLER (1999)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered September 21, 1998, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

 The IAS court properly dismissed plaintiffs' remaining causes of action for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract on the ground that they are barred by the relevant Statutes of Limitations.   The parties agree that Pennsylvania law is applicable to their dispute and that the governing limitations periods thereunder are two and four years, respectively (see, 42 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. §§ 5524[7] and 5525[8] ).   The IAS court correctly found that plaintiffs' claims accrued no later than 1991.   Since, under Pennsylvania law, the limitations period begins to run as soon as the underlying cause of action accrues (see, Bohus v. Beloff, 950 F.2d 919, 924 (3rd Cir.1991);  Pocono Intl. Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Produce, Inc., 503 Pa. 80, 84, 468 A.2d 468), and plaintiffs' action was not commenced until October 1995, the subject claims are time-barred.   Although Pennsylvania law provides for the tolling of the statutory period upon a showing by the plaintiff of fraud or active concealment by the defendant (see, First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Wallenstein, 1997 WL 89115, 1997 U.S. Dist LEXIS 2051 [E.D.Pa.];  Bohus v. Beloff, 950 F.2d supra, at 925), plaintiffs' conclusory allegations are insufficient as a predicate for tolling based on active concealment.

We have considered plaintiffs' remaining arguments and find them unavailing.

MEMORANDUM DECISION.