Legal Opinion
Goldschmidt v. Paley Rothman Goldstein Rosenberg & Cooper, Chartered
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 2007No. 03-CV-1367, 04-CV-240, 04-CV-241, 04-CV-1118PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Benson J. Fischer sued Howard L. Flax; the law firm which represented him (Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg & Cooper (“Paley Rothman”)); and Paley Rothman attorney Alan S. Mark for tor-tious interference with a proposed financial transaction that did not materialize. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Paley Rothman and Mark. After a brief trial, the court then awarded Paley Rothman, Flax, 1 and Mark nearly $1 million in damages on their counterclaims asserting that Fischer had engaged in bad-faith litigation. A jury also awarded Flax $300,000 on…
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