Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:03-cv-00383-WIG

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT GREGORY PRENTISS, JOHN RIZZI, RICHARD SEICH, and DOROTHY BROWN, individually and on behalf of the Wasley Products Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Plaintiffs, V. BARRY CONNELL, BARRY L. BULAKITES, JAMES A. WINSLOW, JOSHUA ADAMS CORP., Defendants and Crossclaim Plaintiffs, V. WASLEY PRODUCTS, INC., ALAN A. WASLEY, ANDREW BRADY, SANDI DUMAS-LAFERRIERE, BARRY CONNELL, Defendants and Crossclaim Defendants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : MASTER CONSOLIDATED CASE CIVIL NO. 3:03 CV 383 (DJS) THIS PLEADING PERTAINS TO: CIVIL NO. 3:03 CV 1790 (DJS)

JULY 21, 2004

WASLEY DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS CROSSCLAIMS ASSERTED BY THE BULAKITES DEFENDANTS Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants/crossclaim defendants Wasley Products, Inc., Alan Wasley, Andrew Brady, Sandi Dumas-Laferriere and Barry Connell (collectively, the "Wasley Defendants") move the court to dismiss all of the crossclaims brought against them by co-defendants Barry Bulakites, James Winslow, and Joshua Adams Corp. (collectively, the "Bulakites Defendants") in their Answer, Affirmative Defenses, and Crossclaims dated May 27, 2004. Pursuant to Local Rule 7(a)(1), a memorandum of law accompanies this motion. ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED

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As set forth in more detail in the accompanying memorandum, the Wasley Defendants make this motion on the grounds that the Bulakites Defendants have failed to state claims upon which relief can be granted. The cross-complaint therefore should be dismissed in its entirety.

DEFENDANTS and CROSSCLAIM DEFENDANTS WASLEY PRODUCTS, INC., ALAN A. WASLEY, ANDREW BRADY, SANDI DUMAS-LAFERRIERE, AND BARRY CONNELL

By: _________________________ Theodore J. Tucci (ct05249) [email protected] Jean E. Tomasco (ct09635) [email protected] Robinson & Cole LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597 Tel. No.: (860) 275-8200 Fax: (860) 275-8299

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CERTIFICATION This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed, first class postage prepaid on the 21st day of July, 2004 to the following: Maurice T. Fitzmaurice, Esq. Peter K. Rydel, Esq. Reid & Riege, P.C. One Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103-3185 Deborah S. Freeman, Esq. Bryan D. Short, Esq. Bingham McCutchen One State Street Hartford, CT 06103-3178 Albert Zakarian, Esq. Victoria Woodin Chavey, Esq. Eric L. Sussman, Esq. Day, Berry & Howard CityPlace Hartford, CT 06103-3499 Thomas G. Moukawsher, Esq. Ian O. Smith, Esq. Moukawsher & Walsh 21 Oak Street, Suite 209 Hartford, CT 06106 Thomas W. Witherington, Esq. Mary E.R. Bartholic, Esq. Cohn, Birnbaum & Shea 100 Pearl Street Hartford, CT 06103-4500 ____________________________ Jean E. Tomasco