Legal Opinion
Ossining Union Free School District v. Anderson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1989PublishedCited by 215 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
At issue is a question that has long been a subject of litigation: in negligent misrepresentation cases, which produce only economic injury, is privity of contract required in order for plaintiff to state a cause of action? Whether defendants are accountants (as in several recent cases) or not (as here), our answer continues to be that such a cause of action requires that the underlying relationship between the parties be one of contract or the bond between them so close as to be the functional equivalent of contractual privity. Such a bond having been alleged in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Glanzer v. . ShepardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- White v. GuarenteNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Thomas v. . WinchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
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