Legal Opinion
Banco Popular North America v. Gandi
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 27, 2005PublishedCited by 314 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Long
This matter involves claims by a bank against an attorney for creditor fraud, common-law fraud, and negligence. Banco Popular North America (the Bank) avers that the attorney assisted his client in transferring assets to defraud a creditor. The Bank’s interests are implicated because it issued the client loans before and after the fraudulent transfer, in reliance on the client’s representations and on an opinion letter issued by the attorney. Ultimately, the client-debtor was unable to make payment on his debts to the Bank.
The first issue is whether a cause of action exists in this…
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