Legal Opinion
Benedict v. Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 26, 2010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty, (1) the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from stated portions of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), dated December 22, 2008, which, upon a decision of the same court entered December 9, 2008, among other things, granted their motion pursuant to Business Corporation Law § 626 (d) to approve the settlement and discontinuance of a shareholder derivative claim to the extent of approving the settlement and discontinuance upon reallocating the settlement funds…
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