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IRB-BRASIL RESSEGUROS S.A. v. PORTOBELLO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

59 A.D.3d 366 (2009)

874 N.Y.S.2d 79

IRB-BRASIL RESSEGUROS S.A., Respondent, v. PORTOBELLO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided February 26, 2009.

The court properly invoked its equity power to enjoin defendants from prosecuting the action they commenced in Brazil in about April 2008, in order to prevent the waste of judicial resources, unnecessary legal expenses, and duplicative litigation that might lead to conflicting results (Jay Franco & Sons Inc. v G Studios, LLC, 34 A.D.3d 297 [2006]). An injunction may be issued "where it can be shown that the suit sought to be...

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