Legal Opinion
Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection v. Bank Leumi Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 22, 2000PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
In May of 1993, Schwartz, Gutstein and Associates, a law firm representing the estate of Marcial Valentin, Sr. (Estate) in a wrongful death action, forged the indorsement of Marcial Valentin, Jr., the administrator of that Estate, on a check made jointly payable to the Estate and the law firm. The check represented the proceeds of a settlement of that action with Progressive Insurance Company. Schwartz, Gutstein deposited the check in its trust account maintained at Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York, but the firm never paid the Estate its share of the…
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