Legal Opinion
Guinness Mahon Cayman Trust, Ltd. v. Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 20, 1988No. 86 Civ. 2414 (GLG)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOETTEL, District Judge:
This is a rather unusual action in which a borrower sues a bank’s law firm for, inter alia, legal malpractice. The Allied Irish Bank (“the Bank”) moves to intervene as a defendant and counterclaimant in the action. The defendant attorneys (Windels, Marx, Davis & Ives and one of its partners, Mitchell A. Gilbert) move for summary judgment on grounds that they owed no obligations to the borrower. The plaintiff moves to serve a second amended complaint.
I. FACTS
Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to this unusual situation are as follows. The plaintiff, Guinness Mahon…
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