Granewich v. Harding

This is a civil action for damages based on allegations that the controlling shareholders and directors of a closely held corporation breached their fiduciary duties to plaintiff, a minority shareholder and director, through a corporate “squeeze-out.” Plaintiff named as defendants the majority shareholders and directors, the corporation itself, the corporation’s lawyer, and that lawyer’s firm. As the case comes to us, all claims against the corporation and the shareholders have been dismissed, and only the allegations concerning the lawyers’ role in the alleged squeeze-out are at issue.

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