DAVID B. LILLY CO., INC. v. FISHER

Civ. A. No. 89-683-JLL.

800 F.Supp. 1203 (1992)

DAVID B. LILLY COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. G. Robert FISHER, an individual; Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts, a Missouri professional corporation; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, a partnership, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor F. Battaglia and Francis S. Babiarz of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Howard M. Handelman and Phebe S. Young of Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, Wilmington, Del., for defendants G. Robert Fisher and Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts.

Stephen E. Herrmann and Theodosia Price of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

David B. Lilly Company, Inc. ("plaintiff" or "Lilly Co.") filed suit against the law firm Smith, Gill, Fisher and Butts ("SGF & B") and one of the firm's partners, G. Robert Fisher ("Fisher"), alleging malpractice arising from a corporate acquisition. Plaintiff contends that, because of the malpractice, the transaction was improperly structured. As a result, plaintiff allegedly lost a significant government...

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