Legal Opinion
Simon v. Ernst & Young
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 30, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered September 19, 1995, which, in an action for negligence and fraud by defendant accountant firm in connection with its certification of a nonparty’s financial statements, granted defendant’s motion for failure to state a cause of action only insofar as punitive damages were sought, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of dismissing the negligence causes of action as well, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
The claim for punitive damages was properly dismissed in the absence of allegations of a public wrong (see,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Curiale v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Kidd v. HavensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Weinberger v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Joel v. WeberAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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