Gerard C. Menichini, T/a Best Legal Services v. Lissa L. Grant Mellon Bank (East), Mellon Bank (East) National Association

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting employer had comparative advantage in preventing conversion of his property by employees
• declining to apply the discovery rule in negotiable instrument fraud under the UCC
• “[v]igorous application of the statute of limitations is a reasonable means of achieving certainty in commercial transactions”
• “Vigorous application of the statute of limitations is a reasonable means of achieving certainty in commercial transactions”
• “[A] clear majority of jurisdictions addressing the issue reject application of the discovery rule to conversion of negotiable instruments.”
• “Although a few courts apply the discovery rule to negotiable instrument theft on essentially equitable grounds, the tide of case law runs strongly against this approach.” (footnotes omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).