Court Opinion

ID: 5964438
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 07:10:58.886536+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:48:14.760228
License: Public Domain

Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Defendant Harold C. Brown & Co., Inc. (Brown) submitted evidentiary materials establishing that its employee, defendant Harvey, was not acting within the scope of his employment with Brown when he provided investment advice and solicited plaintiffs’ participation in a lease investment program. Plaintiffs failed to submit proof in admissible form to controvert that evidence. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Flaherty, J.—Summary Judgment.) Present—Denman, P. J., Balio, Lawton, Fallon and Davis, JJ.