Bansbach v. Zinn

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Connor, J.), entered July 23, 2004 in Ulster County, which denied defendant’s motion to renew.

A more detailed recitation of the factual history of this case may be found in our prior decisions (294 AD2d 762 [2002], mod 1 NY3d 1 [2003]; 258 AD2d 710 [1999]). Briefly, this shareholder derivative action was commenced by plaintiff on behalf of Besicorp Group Inc. to recover legal fees and other costs incurred by the corporation on behalf of, among others, defendant Michael F. Zinn, the corporation’s founder, in connection with the federal…