Siemens Solar Industries v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered on or about February 5, 1998, dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs. The appeal from the order, same court and Justice, entered December 10, 1997, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

We agree with the motion court that plaintiffs fraud cause of action is not viable because this sophisticated entity’s opportunities to obtain knowledge of the matters that are the subjects of the alleged misrepresentations preclude its claim of reasonable reliance (see, Abrahami…