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· 1/19/1978

In re the Claims of Michael

Citations

  • 60 A.D.2d 438
  • 401 N.Y.S.2d 591
  • 1978 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9689

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that statement that company was a “safe investment” was inactionable puffery
  • noting that an assurances that a venture is a- “safe investment” are “generally considered, not actionable statements of fact, but ..mere opinion and puf-fery”
  • noting that \good faith ... is a subjective and not an objective standard\
  • “The documents provided to defendant were received after he made the investment, and thus the required element of reliance is absent.”
  • representation of investment’s safety, received after the investment was made, not actionable in fraud

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Judges: Mahoney

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