Legal Opinion
Spielman v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 3, 1983PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Plaintiffs are trustees of Production Workers Union Local 148 Welfare Fund (Fund). At the direction of its attorney, Robert T. Weisswasser, the Fund drew a check on defendant Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company payable to Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, a New Jersey law firm which represented another party in a pending lawsuit against the Fund. The check was delivered to Weisswasser to be used as payment in settlement of the pending litigation but neither the New Jersey lawyers nor their clients received any of the proceeds. Instead, Weisswasser forged the indorsement of…
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