Morton v. Rifkin

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered January 11, 1999, which, in an action commenced by plaintiff (now deceased) and several of his solely owned corporations against defendant-appellant accountant and his firm for conversion and professional malpractice, among other causes of action, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the claims of the *130corporate plaintiffs for failure to state a cause of action and lack of standing, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Neither plaintiff nor plaintiff’s estate, upon succeeding the plaintiff, listed the decedent’s interest in the…