Legal Opinion
Flaxer v. Gifford (In re Lehr Construction Corp.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 3, 2015No. Case No. 11-10723 (SHL); Adv. No. 13-01261 (SHL)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
SEAN H. LANE, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendant Peter Gifford’s motion seeking to dismiss the Plaintiff Trustee’s complaint against him, which consists of a single claim under New York’s faithless servant doctrine (the “Complaint”). Suing in the shoes of the Debtor Lehr Construction Corporation, the Trustee alleges that Gifford, a Lehr employee, participated in a scheme to ov-erbill Lehr’s customers and must return compensation paid to him by Lehr. Gif-ford argues that Lehr instructed him to carry out the acts in question, and that the Trustee’s…
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