RESOLUTE FP US INC. v. NEW-INDY CATAWBA LLC

Index No. 652961/19. Appeal No. 15194. Case No. 2021-00755.

202 A.D.3d 420 (2022)

158 N.Y.S.3d 562

2022 NY Slip Op 00638

Resolute FP US Inc., Appellant, v. New-Indy Catawba LLC, Respondent.

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

Decided February 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, New York ( Melissa C. Holsinger of counsel), for appellant.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA ( Julie V. Silva Palmer of the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, admitted pro hac vic, of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Friedman, Singh, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, JJ.


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