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SANTACROCE v. NEFF

No. CIV.A. 01-0048(JCL).

134 F.Supp.2d 366 (2001)

Stefania SANTACROCE, Plaintiff, v. Richard B. NEFF, Lee Hillman and Michael Goldberg, as the Executors of the Estate of Arthur M. Goldberg, deceased, and Dice Investments, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

March 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Rosenbaum, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Gregory Galterio, Jaffe & Asher, LLP, Hawthorne, NJ, for Defendants.

OPINION

LIFLAND, District Judge

The "Hot Potato Doctrine" has evolved to prevent attorneys from dropping one client like a "hot potato" to avoid a conflict with another, more remunerative client. See International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local Union 1332 v. International Longshoremen's Assoc., 909 F.Supp. 287, 293 (E.D.Pa.). Upon review of the undisputed facts and the inferences drawn therefrom, the Court concludes...

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