Legal Opinion

Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp. v. Bellettieri, Fonte & Laudonio, P.C.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 30, 2012No. Case No. 07-CV-3591 (KMK)PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

KENNETH M. KARAS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation (“Plaintiff’) has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts IV and V of its Complaint only against individual defendant Robert Fonte (“Defendant”). Count IV alleges that Defendant committed attorney malpractice and breached his fiduciary duty to Plaintiff, while Count V alleges that Defendant was negligent in his work on behalf of Plaintiff. Plaintiff asks the Court to apply the doctrine of collateral estoppel against Defendant with respect to prior adverse *432findings from an attorney…

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