HALPERIN v. EBANKER USA.COM, INC.

No. 01-7440.

295 F.3d 352 (2002)

Michael HALPERIN, M.D., Donald Kern, D.D.S. and all other plaintiffs similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EBANKER USA.COM, INC., Evision USA.Com, Inc., American Fronteer Financial Corporation, Fai Chan, Tong Wan Chan, Robert Trapp, Kwok Jen Fong, David Chen, Gary Cook, Jeffrey Busch, and Robert Jeffers, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Steckman, New York, N.Y. (Debra J. Guzov, Darren L. Ofsink, Guzov & Rella, L.L.C., New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Bruce H. Schneider, New York, N.Y. (Charles G. Moerdler, Heidi Balk, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before OAKES, CARDAMONE, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves investors who by purchasing securities took a risk for the purpose of securing an economic advantage but, failing to exercise prudence, instead suffered a loss. Plaintiffs claim defendants, sellers of the securities, defrauded them; when in fact what plaintiffs had done was to make a bad investment. Plaintiffs Michael Halperin, M.D., and Donald Kern, D.D.S., appeal from a judgment of the United States District

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