RUSO v. MORRISON

No. 08 Civ. 3724(PKC).

695 F.Supp.2d 33 (2010)

Yako RUSO, Plaintiff, v. Edward A. MORRISON, Esq., Edward A. Morrison, P.C., Cathay Continental Group, Ltd., Paul Holder, Individually and as Sole Member and Managing Member of Oxford III, LLC and Oxford III, LLC, Defendants.

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

February 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Macklowitz, Law Office of Michael L. Macklowitz, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Andrew Lee Morrison, K & L Gates LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

P. KEVIN CASTEL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Yako Ruso brings claims of common law fraud, breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and misappropriation of funds under New York common law. Ruso seeks recovery of $2.5 million dollars that he transferred to defendant Edward A. Morrison in May of 2003 as part of a purported investment. (Am. Compl. ¶¶ 11, 19.) Morrison is an attorney but the parties dispute...

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