Legal Opinion
Murphy v. American Home Products Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 1982PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Beatrice Shainswit, J.
Defendant moves to dismiss plaintiff’s action, seeking damages for his alleged wrongful discharge, on a variety of theories. Plaintiff’s position — which defendant, on this motion, does not contest — is that he was discharged, as an officer and assistant treasurer of defendant, after 22 years of employment in various accounting positions, because of (a) his age of 59, and (b) his insistence on revealing, to top management of defendant corporation, illegal accounting practices designed to present a fraudulent picture of defen*508dant’s growth in income — a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Harriss v. TamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Romano v. RomanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Chin v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Supreme Court · 1978
- Edwards v. CitibankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Edwards v. Citibank, N. A.New York Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Murphy v. American Home Products Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Eva MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CITIBANK, N.A., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Zucker v. KatzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Cucchi v. New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- Boyce v. New York City Mission SocietyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
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