Case Name: Elaine Rosen, Appellant, v. Robert Raum, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-03-11
Citations: 191 A.D.2d 254
Docket Number: 
Parties: Elaine Rosen, Appellant, v Robert Raum, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 191
Pages: 254–255

Head Matter:
Elaine Rosen, Appellant, v Robert Raum, Respondent.
[595 NYS2d 14]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Baer, Jr., J.), entered October 2, 1992, which, inter alia, granted defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
In light of plaintiff's unequivocal opposition to defendant's accounting rendered on behalf of the estate at issue, which includes, inter alia, specific objections raised before the Surrogate concerning the accounting, and complaints made by plaintiff against defendant to several disciplinary bodies, it is clear that plaintiff did not rely upon the accounting in settling her claim against the estate. Accordingly, the instant claim sounding in fraud was properly dismissed.
We also note that since plaintiffs claim for fraud against the co-executrix has already failed before the courts of this State, and since defendant's alleged fraud is imputable to the co-executrix (since defendant is the agent of the co-executrix), the prior determinations inure to the benefit of defendant, and the instant claim must be dismissed (see, Chase Manhattan Bank v Perla, 65 AD2d 207, 211; Werth v Martin, 79 AD2d 861).
We have considered all other claims and find them to be meritless. Concur — Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.