HARTFORD v. AM. EXPRESS


74 N.Y.2d 153 (1989)

Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Appellant, v. American Express Company et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Gottfried and Jerome Murray for appellant.

Susan J. Kohlmann and Eloise L. Morgan for American Express Company and another, respondents.

Robert M. Makla for E.J., Audi, Inc., respondent, relies on the brief and argument of American Express Company and another.

William T. Kennard for Metropolitan Opera Associates, Inc., respondent, relies on the brief and argument of American Express Company and another.

Jeff L. Greenup for Zanders Auto Rental Service, Inc., respondent, relies on the brief and argument of American Express Company and another.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judges SIMONS and ALEXANDER taking no part.


KAYE, J.

Stratford Skalkos, formerly manager of the import/export transportation department of Avon Products, Inc., had authority to requisition checks up to $25,000 on his signature alone. For nearly three years, Skalkos used that authority to perpetrate a fraud on Avon, by requisitioning corporate checks totaling $162,538.65 to pay his own debts. This case represents an effort to recover a portion of those...

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