Legal Opinion
Cotugno v. Bartkowski
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 2012Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Elizabeth Hazlitt Emerson, J.
It is ordered that this motion by the defendants for an order staying arbitration of the plaintiffs claim to compel the individual defendant to disgorge corporate funds that were used to pay his legal fees is granted.
In 2002, the plaintiff, Gary Cotugno, and the defendant Anthony Bartkowski entered into a shareholders agreement, which established the parties’ respective shareholder interests in the defendant Hi-Tech Business Systems, Ltd., and a separate compensation agreement. The shareholders agreement provided that any disputes between the…
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