Fox Ex Rel. Perry H. Koplik & Sons, Inc. v. Koplik Ex Rel. Estate of Siegel (In Re Perry H. Koplik & Sons, Inc.)

567 F. App'x 43

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Decided: May 21, 2014
• Docket: 13-3472-CV
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

SUMMARY ORDER

ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.

Michael Koplik and Marc N. Siegel, as the personal representative of the Estate of Alvin Siegel, appeal from the August 14, 2013 memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Castel, J.), imposing personal liability on Koplik and Alvin Sie-gel for certain breaches of fiduciary duty and fraudulent conveyances. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and specification of issues for review.

In this bankruptcy case, the lower court’s findings of fact are reviewed for clear error, and its conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a); cf. Forsdick v. Turgeon, 812 F.2d 801, 801 (2d Cir.1987). The district court, assisted by the bankruptcy court’s extensive proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, ably set forth a careful and thorough analysis of the claims and the law. We affirm for substantially the same reasons as set forth by district court.

Accordingly, the judgment of the district court hereby is AFFIRMED.