Steingart v. 21 Associates, Inc.

The court reserved decision on plaintiff’s motions made after opening statements taken on the record to dismiss as insufficient in law the first defense and counterclaim of rescission, the second defense of duress, and the defense (though not separately stated and labeled as such) that the plaintiff has no standing to bring this action because he is not the real party in interest.

Clarification of the respective positions of the parties has been obtained by analysis of the pleadings, particularly the specific allegations of the counterclaim, by the evidence thus far elicited, the several…