Zlotnick v. MacArthur

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Albert Zlotnick (“Zlotnick”) brought this action pursuant to this court’s diversity jurisdiction against J. Roderick MacArthur (“MacArthur”) and the Bradford Exchange, Ltd. (“Bradford”), claiming that he is entitled to a finder’s fee in connection with defendant’s acquisition of a New York company known as Hammacher-Schlemmer, Inc. (“Hammacher-Sehlemmer”). In Count I of the complaint plaintiff seeks recovery of the fee based on an alleged oral agreement with MacArthur, the president of Bradford, to pay Zlotnick if Bradford actually acquired…