SZIGYARTO v. SZIGYARTO


64 N.Y.2d 275 (1985)

Ileana Szigyarto, Appellant, v. Sam Szigyarto, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Jacobs and Louis P. Jacobs for appellant.

Phil Brown for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS and ALEXANDER concur.


KAYE, J.

In the appeal before us, support payments deducted weekly from respondent father's wages pursuant to a payroll deduction order were apparently embezzled by the office manager and cannot be recovered from the employer. We are asked to determine, as between two parties not involved in the misappropriation, who must bear the loss — respondent, from whose salary weekly deductions were made, or his...

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