ESTATE OF KENNEDY v. ROSENBLATT

Docket No. A-5397-15T4.

149 A.3d 5 (2016)

447 N.J. Super. 444

The ESTATE OF Francis P. KENNEDY; The Francis P. Kennedy Irrevocable Trust Agreement; The Francis P. Kennedy Irrevocable Trust Agreement II; The Francis P. Kennedy Irrevocable Trust Agreement III; Francis P. Kennedy Qualified Personal Residence Interest Trust; The Louis Kennedy 2002 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Louis Kennedy; The Patricia Kennedy 2002 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Patricia Kennedy; The Cheryl Kennedy 2002 Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Cheryl Kennedy; and The Donald Kennedy Irrevocable Trust f/b/o Donald Kennedy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stuart A. ROSENBLATT, C.P.A.; Wiss & Company, LLP; Estate of Joel Shoobe, Esq.; Robert D. Borteck, Esq.; Borteck, Sanders & Torzewski, LLP; Robert S. Fink, Esq.; and Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, Defendants-Respondents. In the Matter of Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, LLP, Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Loalbo argued the cause for appellants (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, LLP, attorneys; Mr. Loalbo, of counsel; Mr. Loalbo, Stephen J. Pagano , and Stephen M. Turner , on the briefs).

Anthony J. Sylvester argued the cause for respondent Estate of Joel Shoobe (Sherman, Wells, Sylvester & Stamelman, LLP, attorneys; Mr. Sylvester and Anthony Velanziano , on the briefs).

Before Judges Sabatino, Nugent and Currier.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

This interlocutory appeal involves a delicate and difficult conflict-of-interest issue that arose after plaintiffs' attorney, who had filed and dismissed the underlying professional negligence action while at Weiner Lesniak, LLP, recommenced the action after joining Riker, Danzig,...

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