In re the Dissolution of Ashford Management Group, Inc.

—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Petitioner, the owner of a 371/2% interest in respondent corporation, commenced this dissolution proceeding pursuant to Business Corporation Law § 1104-a (a) (1). The remaining shareholders elected to purchase his interest in the corporation pursuant to Business Corporation Law § 1118, and a trial was held to determine the fair value of the minority interest (see, Matter of Seagroatt Floral Co., 78 NY2d 439, 444). At the conclusion of the trial, Supreme Court rejected the valuation of petitioner’s expert as based upon an erroneous…