Herrmann v. Sklover Group, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered November 22, 2002, which, after a nonjury trial, dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Since the decedent, Richard Sklover, was not merely an officer of The Sklover Group but also owned 1,000 of the corporation’s 1,100 shares (currently held by his estate), the corporate defendant may invoke the Dead Man’s Statute (CPLR 4519; see Mark Patterson, Inc. v Bowie, 172 Misc 2d 1000, 1003-1004 [1997]). Defendants did not waive that statute by consenting to the joint introduction of portions of Richard’s…
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