Herbert H. Post & Co. v. Sidney Bitterman, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J. P.
This is an appeal by a certified public accounting firm, Herbert H. Post & Co., and its principal, Herbert H. Post (collectively, Post), charged by Sidney Bitterman, Inc., and Split End, Ltd. (the companies) and their principal owners, Leonard Bitterman and Caroline Bitterman (collectively, plaintiffs), in two actions, tried jointly, with a failure to discover an employee embezzlement. After a 28-day trial, a jury rendered a $17,063,069 verdict in favor of the companies and the Bitter-mans for Post’s alleged failure to discover the loss. The trial court…
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