New York Court of Appeals

Standard Funding Corp., Respondent v. Jeffrey Lewitt, Defendants, and Public Service Mutual Insurance…

March 20, 199789 N.Y.2d 546

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and dismissed Standard Funding Corp.'s claim against Public Service Mutual, holding that the insurer's agent lacked both actual and apparent authority to enter premium financing agreements and that the insurer neither ratified nor benefited from the fraudulent transactions.