Slotkin v. Brookdale Hospital Center

CONNER, District Judge:

In this fraud action, plaintiffs charge that they were induced to settle a malpractice action against defendant Brook-dale Hospital and others for $185,000, upon the representation that Brookdale had no excess liability coverage above a. $200,000 policy. Defendant Paul Ratner, an officer of Citizens Casualty Insurance Company of New York, the primary insurer, and defendants John Mc-Grath, Esq., and Christopher McGrath, Jr., Esq. (“the McGraths”), designated as trial counsel for Brookdale Hospital in the state action by the New York State Superintendent of Insurance, as…