Legal Opinion
Loughry v. Lincoln First Bank, N. A.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1986PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
While an employer may be liable for compensatory damages caused by false statements maliciously published by its employees in the course of employment, punitive damages for the same acts cannot be assessed against the employer in the absence of its complicity. The employer’s complicity not having been established here, the Appellate Division order allowing punitive damages against appellant, Lincoln First Bank, should be modified by striking the punitive damages award.
Plaintiff, first employed by Lincoln in 1975 as a loan collector, by 1979 had advanced to become a…
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