Case Name: Kim Baker, on Behalf of Herself and Gouda, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Bruce Winter et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-11-23
Citations: 12 A.D.3d 304
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kim Baker, on Behalf of Herself and Gouda, Inc., et al., Respondents, v Bruce Winter et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 304–305

Head Matter:
Kim Baker, on Behalf of Herself and Gouda, Inc., et al., Respondents, v Bruce Winter et al., Appellants.
[784 NYS2d 853]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered on or about July 14, 2004, which, inter alia, granted plaintiff a preliminary injunction severing the relationship of defendants Bruce Winter and Dominic Dioguardi with plaintiff Gouda, Inc., unanimously affirmed, with costs.
In view of the ample evidence of corporate waste and fraud, the court properly exercised its discretion in issuing a preliminary injunction. The evidence as to the extent of the alleged fraud, and the number of years over which it occurred, is supportive of the injunction's breadth. While the viability of the individual causes of action will be adjudicated in the context of the pending motion to dismiss, neither UCC 8-319 (since repealed) nor General Obligations Law § 5-701 (a) (1), the statutes of frauds upon which defendants rely, appear to be an impediment to the maintenance of this lawsuit. Additionally, Business Corporation Law § 720 empowers an officer to bring an action against another officer on behalf of the corporation, and the evidence strongly suggests that plaintiff Baker is an officer of plaintiff Gouda, Inc. Concur—Andrias, J.P., Sullivan, Ellerin, Lerner and Marlow, JJ.