Watkins v. Fromm

Titone, J. P.

(dissenting). In the absence of a legal nexus, the treatment tendered by the other members of the professional corporation cannot be imputed to Fromm and Sarno. Notwithstanding the analyses set forth in the opinions of Justices Niehoff and Brown on a complex and novel issue, I am not persuaded that there can be a transmutation of individual liability to corporate liability and then back to individual liability which would enable the circumvention of the Statute of Limitations. Accordingly, I dissent and vote to reverse the order, grant the motion for summary judgment, and dismiss…