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SHAPIRO v. MCNEILL

92 N.Y.2d 91 (1998)

699 N.E.2d 407

677 N.Y.S.2d 48

Eric D. Shapiro, Appellant, v. John McNeill, Doing Business as McNeill Realty and Property Management Co., Defendant, and Lloyd M. Bleecker, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahn Wishod & Lamb, L. L. P., Melville (Eugene L. Wishod and Joel M. Markowitz of counsel), for appellant.

Diane K. Farrell, East Setauket, and Deegan & Deegan, L. L. P., Hempstead, for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.

LEVINE, J.

The plaintiff in this action, Dr. Edward Shapiro, seeks recovery of monetary losses sustained in a fraudulent mortgage investment scheme orchestrated by defendant John McNeill and nonparty David DeRosa. DeRosa funneled some of the funds falsely procured from Shapiro through the escrow account of defendant Lloyd Bleecker, DeRosa's attorney. At issue in this appeal is whether attorney Bleecker, by accepting...

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