Legal Opinion
RUSO v. Morrison
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 4, 2010No. 08 Civ. 3724(PKC)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
P. KEVIN CASTEL, District Judge.
Plaintiff Yako Ruso brings claims of common law fraud, breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and misappropriation of funds under New York common law. Ruso seeks recovery of $2.5 million dollars that he transferred to defendant Edward A. Morrison in May of 2003 as part of a purported investment. (Am. Compl. ¶¶ 11, 19.) Morrison is an attorney but the parties dispute whether he ever acted as such for Ruso.
Ruso filed this action on April 18, 2008 against Morrison, Cathay Continental Group, Ltd. (“Cathay”), Paul Holder, and…
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