`STATE
`SUPREME
`COURT
`
`OF ERIE
`
`GEORGE
`
`KURTZ,
`
`-vs-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`BEST
`
`BLUEBERRIES,
`JACK WILLERT
`LORIGO,
`DAVID
`KAUDERER,
`
`LLC, MICHAEL
`and
`
`Defendants.
`
`ORDER
`
`AND JUDGMENT
`
`Index
`
`No.
`
`812553/2015
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on April
`
`13, 2017,
`
`the Defendant,
`
`Jack Willert,
`
`interposed
`
`a cross-motion
`
`seeking,
`
`amongst
`
`other
`
`relief,
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`the Plaintiff,
`
`George
`
`Kurtz,
`
`in the
`
`principal
`
`sum of $300,000
`
`concerning
`
`a guarantee
`
`of a debt
`
`owed
`
`by
`
`the Defendant,
`
`Best
`
`Blueberries,
`
`LLC
`
`(hereinafter
`
`"BB")
`
`(hereinafter
`
`the
`
`"Willert
`
`Motion"
`Motion");
`
`and
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on April
`
`13, 2017,
`
`the Defendant,
`
`Michael
`
`Lorigo,
`
`interposed
`
`a cross-
`
`motion
`
`amongst
`
`other
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`in the
`
`principal
`
`seeking,
`
`relief,
`
`summary
`
`sum of $75,000
`
`concerning
`
`two
`
`guarantees
`
`of debts
`
`owed
`
`by BB (hereinafter
`
`the
`
`"Lorigo
`
`Motion"
`Motion");
`
`and
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on May
`
`3, 2017,
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`interposed
`
`a motion
`
`seeking,
`
`amongst
`
`other
`
`relief,
`
`summary
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`the Defendants,
`
`Mr.
`
`Lorigo,
`
`Mr. Willert
`
`and David
`
`Kauderer,
`
`in the principal
`
`sum of $105,333.28
`
`concerning
`
`a guarantee
`
`of a debt
`
`owed
`
`by BB (hereinafter
`
`the
`
`"Kurtz
`
`Motion"
`Motion");
`
`and
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on October
`
`4, 2017,
`
`the Honorable
`
`Henry
`
`J. Nowak
`
`granted
`
`a Decision
`
`And
`
`Order,
`
`which,
`
`amongst
`
`other
`
`things
`
`(A)
`
`denied
`
`the
`
`Willert
`
`Motion
`
`upon
`
`a
`
`determination
`
`that
`
`
`
`there
`
`was
`
`a singular
`
`question
`
`of
`
`fact
`
`as to whether
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`had
`
`signed
`
`the Mr. Willert's
`
`guarantee,
`
`(B)
`
`granted
`
`the
`
`Lorigo
`
`Motion,
`
`and
`
`(C)
`
`granted
`
`the Kurtz
`
`Motion;
`
`and
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on November
`
`15, 2017,
`
`the Honorable
`
`Henry
`
`J. Nowak
`
`granted
`
`a
`
`Supplement
`
`To Decision
`
`And
`
`Order
`
`Dated
`
`October
`
`4, 2017,
`
`which,
`
`amongst
`
`other
`
`things
`
`(A)
`
`clarified
`
`that
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of Mr.
`
`Lorigo's
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`was
`
`$104,459.92
`
`as of
`
`October
`
`4, 2017
`
`(hereinafter
`
`the "Lorigo
`
`Judgment"
`Judgment"),
`
`plus
`
`reasonable
`
`attorney's
`
`fees
`
`to be
`
`determined
`
`at a later
`
`date,
`
`(B)
`
`clarified
`
`that
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of
`
`the Plaintiff's
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`Mr.
`
`Lorigo,
`
`"Kurtz
`
`Mr. Willert
`
`and Mr.
`
`Kauderer
`
`was
`
`$126,891.16
`
`as of October
`
`4, 2017
`
`(hereinafter
`
`the
`
`Judgment"
`Judgment"),
`
`plus
`
`reasonable
`
`attorney's
`
`fees
`
`to be determined
`
`at a later
`
`date,
`
`(C)
`
`offset
`
`the
`
`Lorigo
`
`Judgment
`
`against
`
`the Kurtz
`
`Judgment,
`
`reducing
`
`the Kurtz
`
`Judgment
`
`to the
`
`net
`
`thereby
`
`sum of $22,431.24
`
`as of October
`
`4, 2017
`
`(hereinafter
`
`the "Net
`
`Kurtz
`
`Judgment"
`Judgment"),
`
`and
`
`(D)
`
`stayed
`
`the
`
`entry
`
`and
`
`enforcement
`
`of
`
`the Net Kurtz
`
`Judgment
`
`pending
`
`further
`
`order
`
`of
`
`the Court
`
`following
`
`the
`
`final
`
`adjudication
`
`of
`
`the remaining
`
`claims
`
`in this
`
`action
`
`at
`
`trial,
`
`with
`
`the
`
`stay
`
`conditioned
`
`upon Mr.
`
`Lorigo,
`
`Mr. Willert
`
`and Mr.
`
`Kauderer
`
`depositing
`
`the
`
`sum of $24,450.06
`
`with
`
`the Erie
`
`County
`
`Comptroller;
`
`and
`
`Mr.
`
`and Mr.
`
`Kauderer
`
`the
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`on January
`
`2, 2018,
`
`Lorigo,
`
`Mr. Willert
`
`deposited
`
`sum of $24,450.06
`
`with
`
`the Erie
`
`County
`
`Comptroller;
`
`and
`
`WHEREAS,
`
`following
`
`a jury
`
`trial
`
`conducted
`
`on January
`
`22,
`
`2018
`
`and
`
`January
`
`23,
`
`2018,
`
`the jury
`
`rendered
`
`a verdict
`
`determining
`
`that
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`signed
`
`Mr. Willert's
`
`Guarantee.
`
`NOW THEREFORE,
`
`it
`
`is hereby
`
`ORDERED,
`
`ADJUDGED
`
`AND DECREED
`
`that, Mr. Willert
`
`is hereby
`
`granted
`
`a money
`
`judgment
`
`against
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`in
`
`the amount
`
`of
`
`$407,943.32,
`
`which
`
`includes
`
`principal,
`
`interest
`
`
`
`and
`
`late
`
`charges
`
`calculated
`
`up to and
`
`including
`
`January
`
`23,
`
`2018
`
`(hereinafter
`
`the
`
`"Willert
`
`Judgment"
`Judgment");
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`ADJUDGED
`
`AND DECREED
`
`that,
`
`the
`
`balance
`
`due
`
`upon
`
`the Net
`
`Kurtz
`
`Judgment
`
`as of January
`
`23,
`
`2018
`
`($23,045.07)
`
`is hereby
`
`offset
`
`against
`
`the Willert
`
`Judgment,
`
`and
`
`accordingly
`
`Mr. Willert
`
`is entitled
`
`to a judgment
`
`against
`
`the Plaintiff
`
`in the
`
`net
`
`amount
`
`of
`
`$384,898.25,
`
`plus
`
`statutory
`
`interest
`
`from
`
`January
`
`23,
`
`2018,
`
`plus
`
`an award
`
`of
`
`the
`
`costs,
`
`disbursements
`
`and
`
`expenses
`
`of
`
`this
`
`action,
`
`and that Mr. Willert
`
`have
`
`immediate
`
`execution
`
`therefor;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED,
`
`ADJUDGED
`
`AND DECREED
`
`that
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`pursuant
`
`to the Kurtz
`
`is entitled
`
`to an award
`
`of
`
`reasonable
`
`attorney's
`
`fees,
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of which
`
`is to be
`
`Judgment,
`
`determined
`
`at a later
`
`date; Mr.
`
`Lorigo,
`
`pursuant
`
`to the
`
`Lorigo
`
`Judgment,
`
`is entitled
`
`to an award
`
`of
`
`reasonable
`
`attorney's
`
`fees,
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of which
`
`is to be determined
`
`at a later
`
`date;
`
`and Mr.
`
`Willert,
`
`pursuant
`
`to the Willert
`
`Judgment,
`
`is entitled
`
`to an award
`
`of
`
`reasonable
`
`attorney's
`
`fees
`
`,
`
`the
`
`amount
`
`of which
`
`is to be determined
`
`at a later
`
`date;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`the
`
`$24,450.06
`
`deposited
`
`with
`
`the Erie
`
`County
`
`Comptroller
`
`shall
`
`be
`
`immediately
`
`paid
`
`by
`
`the Erie
`
`County
`
`Comptroller
`
`to Mr. Willert,
`
`through
`
`a check
`
`made
`
`payable
`
`to "Ralph
`
`Lorigo,
`
`as attorney",
`
`less
`
`any
`
`fees,
`
`commissions,
`
`etc.
`
`due to the Erie
`
`County
`
`Comptroller;
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is further
`
`ORDERED
`
`that
`
`this Order
`
`And
`
`Judgment
`
`be immediately
`
`filed
`
`and
`
`served.
`
`DATED:
`
`HON. HENRY
`
`J. NOWAK
`
`