Lawrence LEDERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, and
Philip Shapiro, Plaintiff/Intervenor-Appellant,
v.
PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC., n/k/a/ Prudential Financial, Inc., Lenard Leeds, Steven A. Morelli, Jeffrey K. Brown, Deirdre J. Kamber, John Wirenius, Leeds & Morelli, L.L.P., Leeds, Morelli & Brown, P.C., James Vagnini, Bryan Mazzola, David Nevins, Lisa Calvacca, Susan Fitzgerald, Steve Friedman, Robert John Valli, Jr., Fredric David Ostrove, and Mark E. Faber, Defendants-Respondents, and
Diane Bradley and Brian D. Tusa, Defendants.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 5, 2006.
Decided May 9, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen L. Snyder (Snyder, Slutkin and Snyder) of the Maryland bar, admitted pro hac vice, Baltimore, MD, argued the cause for appellants Lawrence Lederman and Philip Shapiro (Roper & Twardowsky, Totowa, William J. Skepnek (Skepnek Law Firm) of the Kansas bar, admitted pro hac vice, Lawrence, KS, Steven M. Smoot (Smoot Law Firm) of the Texas bar, admitted pro hac vice, Houston, TX, and Mr. Snyder, attorneys; Kenneth S. Thyne, Totowa, on the brief).
Janice DiGennaro (Rivkin Radler) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, New York City, argued the cause for respondents Leeds, Morelli & Brown, P.C., Lenard Leeds, Steven A. Morelli, Jeffrey K. Brown and John Wirenius (Rivkin Radler, attorneys, Uniondale, NY; Ms. DiGennaro, Evan H. Krinick of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, New York City, Harris J. Zakarin, and Andrew S. Turkish, Uniondale, NY, on the brief).
Christopher J. Carey, Morristown, argued the cause for respondent Deirdre J. Kamber (Graham, Curtin & Sheridan, attorneys; Mr. Carey, of counsel; Mr. Carey, David M. Blackwell, and Joshua R. Elias, on the brief).
Theodore V. Wells, Jr. argued the cause for respondents Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Mark E. Faber (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys; Gregory B. Reilly, Roseland, and Mr. Wells, on the brief).
Marshall D. Bilder, Trenton, argued the cause for respondents Lisa Calvacca, Susan Fitzgerald, Steven Friedman, Bryan Mazzola, David Nevins, Fredric David Ostrove, James Vagnini and Robert John Valli, Jr. (Sterns & Weinroth, attorneys; Mr. Bilder, of counsel; Mr. Bilder and Nancy Axilrod, on the brief).
Before Judges WEISSBARD, WINKELSTEIN and SAPP-PETERSON.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
WINKELSTEIN, J.A.D.
Plaintiff Lawrence Lederman appeals from the Law Division's summary judgment dismissing his claims against his former employer, Prudential Life Insurance Company of America (Prudential); Prudential's vice-president and general counsel, Mark E. Faber; his former attorneys, Leeds, Morelli & Brown, P.C. (LMB), a New York law firm; and multiple LMB attorneys. The court dismissed outright plaintiff...
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