ART CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP v. TYCO ACQUISITION CORP. XVIII ( 2011 )

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1366 CA 11-00740 PRESENT: PERADOTTO, J.P., LINDLEY, GREEN, AND GORSKI, JJ. ART CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP, ART HOLDINGS, LLC, KEITH A. BLAKELY, LINDA B. BLAKELY, W. DALE COMPTON, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE W. DALE COMPTON TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 18, 1977, MICHAEL T. KELLEY, JAMES W. TAKACS, AS TRUSTEE OF THE EVANS FAMILY TRUST, ROGER STORM, WARBURG, PINCUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., JAMES B. ADLER, HARVEY H. BLAKELY, E. JOHN FINN, ANDREW G. KNAFEL AND SIDNEY R. KNAFEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEES OF THE DOUGLAS R. KNAFEL TRUST (1983), DON KOSTER, GEORGE PASHEL, PINPOINT PARTNERS I, MARY T. SPOHN AND JAMES H. STEINER, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, V ORDER TYCO ACQUISITION CORP. XVIII, NOW KNOWN AS MA/COM TECH HOLDINGS, INC., TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, TYCO INTERNATIONAL (US) INC., TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD., AND M/A-COM CERAM, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. DEWEY PEGNO & KRAMARSKY LLP, NEW YORK CITY (THOMAS E.L. DEWEY OF COUNSEL), AND PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, BUFFALO, FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. ZDARSKY, SAWICKI & AGOSTINELLI LLP, BUFFALO (JOSEPH E. ZDARSKY OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS. Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John A. Michalek, J.), entered December 30, 2010. The judgment awarded plaintiffs the sum of $5,719,050.24 against defendants. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court. Entered: December 23, 2011 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court