GRABOWSKI v. BANK OF BOSTON

Nos. 94-CV-11461-PBS, 94-CV-12201-PBS.

997 F.Supp. 111 (1997)

Armin GRABOWSKI, Herbert Blesch, Dieter Wurdig, Gunter Huber, Stephen Carter Corby, Thomas Kriesl, Willem Adriaanse, Klaus George Weigand, and Upclass Investments, Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. BANK OF BOSTON, Kinder Capital, Inc., Continental Capital Markets, Inc. Norman Epstein, Harold Glantz, Guido Haak and Arthur James Laycock, Defendants, and NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., Intervenor. and FRIONA LIMITED and Bernd Weber, Plaintiffs, v. BANK OF BOSTON, Kinder Capital, Inc., Continental Capital Markets, Inc. Norman Epstein, Harold Glantz, Arthur James Laycock, and John Does 1 through 100, Defendants, and NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Collora, Dwyer & Collora, Boston, MA, for Gunter Huber, Stephen Carter Corby, Thomas Kriesl.

Robert Axelrod, Axelrod, Lanzoni & Teague, Meriden, CT, Michael A. Collora, Dwyer & Collora, Boston, MA, for Willem Adrianse, Upclass Investments, Ltd.

Robert Axelrod, Axelrod, Lanzoni & Teague, Meriden, CT, Michael A. Collora, Dwyer & Collora, Boston, MA, Christopher Weld, Jr., Todd & Weld, Boston, MA, for Klaus George Weigand.

Harold Jacobi, III, Robert C. Cooley, Jacobi & Associates, Boston, MA, for Bernd Weber.

Robert Christo, Robert Christo & Associates, Springfield, MA, Timothy M. Kotfila, Law Office of Timothy Kotfila, Springfield, MA, for National Union Fire Ins. Co., Pittsburgh.

Thomas H. Walsh, Jr., S. Elaine McChesney, Peter J. Mancusi, Laura A. Clark, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, for Bank of Boston.

Richard Ben-Veniste, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Washington, DC, for Continental Capital Markets, Inc., Harold Glantz.

David J. Burgess, Michael A. Collora, Dwyer & Collora, Boston, MA, for Dieter Wurdig.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTIONS AND CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT

SARIS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

These cases arise out of an investment scheme operated by Kinder Capital ("Kinder") involving so-called "prime bank instruments" —a non-existent security. At the direction of Kinder Capital's agents, plaintiffs Armin Grabowski, Herbert Blesch, Dieter Wurdig, Gunter Huber, Stephen...

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