1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.3d
  4. 10 N.Y.3d
  5. 10 N.Y.3d 486 (2008)
 

PLUDEMAN v. NORTHERN LEASING

10 N.Y.3d 486 (2008)

890 N.E.2d 184

860 N.Y.S.2d 422

KEVIN PLUDEMAN et al., Respondents, v. NORTHERN LEASING SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moses & Singer LLP, New York City (Abraham Y. Skoff, Robert D. Lillienstein and Jayson D. Glassman of counsel), and Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (Barry A. Cozier of counsel), for appellants.

Chittur & Associates, P.C., New York City (Krishnan S. Chittur, H. Rajan Sharma and Andrey Strutinskiy of counsel), for respondents.

Mayer Brown LLP, New York City (Philip Allen Lacovara, Lauren R. Goldman and Kwaku A. Akowuah of counsel), and National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Robin S. Conrad of counsel), for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO and PIGOTT concur with Judge JONES; Judge SMITH dissents in a separate opinion in which Judge READ concurs.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, J.

The sole issue before us is whether plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded a cause of action for fraud against individually-named corporate defendants pursuant to CPLR 3016 (b). Under the circumstances presented, we hold that they have.

Plaintiffs are small business owners from various states, including Missouri, Texas, Washington and New York. Defendant Northern Leasing Systems...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases