Legal Opinion

Usov v. Marc Lazar, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided August 10, 2017No. 13 Civ. 818PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SWEET, D.J.

This action was tried before the Court on November 28 and 29, 2016, February 13 through 15, 2017, and April 3, 2017. In dispute are the obligations arising between two diamond merchants, Harvey Harris (“Harris”) and Defendant Marc Lazar (“Lazar”), as reflected in memos from 2002 and 2006, and the events which followed. Plaintiff Georgy Usov (“Usov” or the “Plaintiff’) is the father of Elena Harris (“Elena”), Harris’ widow, and seeks judgment on her behalf. As is evidenced below, the oft-vaunted trust between diamond merchants, at least in this instance, does not survive…

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In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-aAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
Abbott, Duncan & Wiener v. RagusaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
White Diamond Co., Ltd. v. Castco, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2006

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