Legal Opinion

Unadilla Silo Co. v. Ernst & Young

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 12, 1996PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—White, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ingraham, J.), entered January 18, 1996 in Otsego County, which denied a motion by defendants Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young LLP and Ernst & Young U.S. LLP to dismiss the complaint.

In early 1995, plaintiff learned that its chief financial officer, defendant Robert Hulbert, had embezzled $1.3 million between 1987 and 1994. Hulbert’s defalcations went undetected despite the fact that defendant accounting firms, Ernst & Young and Ernst & Young LLP (hereinafter collectively referred to as Ernst & Young)1 audited plaintiff’s 1989 fiscal year…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Leon v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. McDermott v. TorreNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Santulli v. Englert, Reilly & McHugh, P. C.New York Court of Appeals · 1992
  4. Weiss v. ManfrediNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Hall & Co. v. Steiner & MondoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Ackerman v. Price WaterhouseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. Mason Tenders District Council Pension Fund v. MesseraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
  3. Griffin v. AnslowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  4. Mason v. First Central National Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. Bankruptcy Services, Inc. v. Ernst & Young (In Re CBI Holding Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2000

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