Legal Opinion
Fragin v. Fleet Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 4, 2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*313Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J,), entered April 15, 2004, which granted defendant Fleet Bank’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated as against said defendant.
This action arises out of defendant Fleet Bank’s asserted breach of a promise made by defendant Leonard Patnoi, the manager of Fleet’s Hewlett, Long Island branch, to establish an attorney escrow account requiring dual signatures for withdrawals. The designated signatories were to be nonparty David…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Schmidt v. Fleet BankDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Southwestern Shipping Corp. v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.District Court, E.D. New York · 2001
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