IN RE ALPHASTAR INS. GROUP LTD.

Bankruptcy No. 03-17903 (SMB), Adversary No. 06-1524.

383 B.R. 231 (2008)

In re ALPHASTAR INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED, et al., Debtors. Richard E. O'Connell, Trustee of the Estates of AlphaStar Insurance Group Limited, et al., Plaintiff, v. Arthur Andersen LLP, et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

February 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, Arthur S. Greenspan, Esq., H. Rowan Gaither IV, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendants Stephen A. Crane and Anthony J. Del Tufo.

McCullough, Campbell & Lane LLP, Carl D. Liggio, Esq., of Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Peter S. Christie.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, Garrison, LLP, Daniel J. Beller, Esq., Stephen J. Shimshak, Esq., Claudia R. Tobler, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for the Goldman Sachs Defendants and Jean de Pourtales.

Howrey, LLP, Gary F. Bendinger, Esq., Nancy M. Trasande, Esq., of Counsel, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants David H. Elliott, Hadley C. Ford and Patrick J. McDonough.

Peter Levine, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendant Nicholas Mark Cook.

Gage Spencer & Fleming LLP, William Fleming, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendant George W. Jones.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Gandolfo V. DiBlasi, Esq., William L. Farris, Esq., Patrice A. Rouse, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendant Reuben Jeffery III.

James Lawless IV, Defendant, pro se.

Stevens & Lee, P.C., Neil C. Schur, Esq., Nicholas F. Kajon, Esq., David M. Green, Esq., Alec P. Ostrow, Esq., Constantine D. Pourakis, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM DECISION GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART THE MOTIONS TO DISMISS THE AMENDED COMPLAINT

STUART M. BERNSTEIN, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit arose out of the collapse and eventual bankruptcy of AlphaStar Insurance Group Ltd. ("AlphaStar"), and its numerous subsidiaries. Richard E. O'Connell, the chapter 7 trustee (the "Trustee"), commenced this adversary proceeding, inter alia, against AlphaStar's former officers and directors,...

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