Marine Midland Bank v. John E. Russo Produce Co.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1980-04-03

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OPINION OF THE COURT Fuchsberg, J. On this appeal in a suit brought by a bank to impose liability on two of its corporate customers and their officers, we are called upon to pass on issues involving (1) the inference, if any, a trier of the facts in a civil case may draw from a party’s assertion of his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions posed by his adversary; (2) the imputation of a bookkeeper…

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