NORTHERN GROUP INC. v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

603271/08, 16531, 16530

135 A.D.3d 414 (2016)

22 N.Y.S.3d 421

2016 NY Slip Op 00012

NORTHERN GROUP INC. et al., Appellants, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 5, 2016.


The record establishes that plaintiffs are unable to demonstrate the elements of a fraud cause of action in connection with their purchase from defendants of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) from May through July 2008, which allegedly resulted in a loss to plaintiffs of more than $24 million. Defendants' alleged misrepresentations are not actionable as fraud because they are "mere puffery, opinions of value or future expectations, rather than false statements...

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