TAJAN v. PAVIA & HARCOURT


257 A.D.2d 299 (1999)

693 N.Y.S.2d 544

ETUDE TAJAN et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. PAVIA & HARCOURT et al., Appellants-Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay R. Butterman of counsel (Howard A. Gardner on the brief; Butterman, Kahn & Gardner, L. L. P., attorneys), for respondents-appellants.

Peter A. Stroili of counsel (Robert E. Kushner on the brief; D'Amato & Lynch, attorneys), for appellants-respondents.

MAZZARELLI, LERNER and BUCKLEY, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

TOM, J. P.

The issue in this case is whether the attorney administrator of an estate can be held liable for an opinion letter stating that there were no claims against a valuable Italian painting belonging to the estate when a foreign government subsequently accused the estate of transferring the estate's property in violation of national law prohibiting the extranational sale of precious cultural objects.

The Old Master painting...

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