Legal Opinion
Chadbourne & Parke, LLP v. HGK Asset Management, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 2002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Louise Gruner Gans, J.), entered May 11, 2001, which, after a jury trial respecting defendants’ counterclaim for legal malpractice, awarded plaintiff law firm the total amount of $570,470.72, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Allegedly on plaintiff’s advice, defendants terminated the employment of a minority shareholder of a close corporation, who brought a successful shareholder oppression proceeding (see, Matter of HGK Asset Mgt., 228 AD2d 246; 238 AD2d 291). When defendants refused to pay plaintiff’s bill, the parties, having reached agreement…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Ares v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- In re the Dissolution of HGK Asset Management, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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