Hattem v. Smith

Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Dowd, J.), entered May 16, 2012 in Otsego County, which, among other things, denied defendants’ cross motion to set aside a verdict, and (2) from a judgment of said court, entered May 16, 2012 in Otsego County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff.

In 2003, plaintiff retained defendant Robert J. Smith, an attorney with defendant Coughlin & Gerhart, LLE to represent him in the sale of his business, JMF Associates, Inc., to O’Connor and Shew Construction, Inc. (hereinafter OSC). The sale documents included a stock purchase agreement by…