On July 20, 2017 a
Appellate Materials
was filed
involving a dispute between
Ronnie Dorrity,
and
Terry James Dorrity,
for Commercial - Contract
in the District Court of Lewis County.
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TERRY DORRITY
Defendant Appellant
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RECORD ON APPEAL
VOLUME II
Woodruff Lee Carroll P.C.
Attorney for Terry Dorrity
" 334 Nottingham Road Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315 474 5356
Fax: 315 474 5451
carrollcarroll@Carrolloffice.com
9 Stuart Finer
Attorney for Ronnie Dorrity
510 Bleeker Street
Utica, NY 13501
Phone 315 724 7800
stuart@stuartfineresq.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT UNDER 5531 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM ORDER
CONFIRMING ARBITRATION DECISION DATED 7/12/22 7
NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER CONFIRMING
ARBITRATION AWARD DATED 7/12/22 13
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ORDER CONFIRMING ARBITRATION DECISION DATED 6/27/22 19
NOTICE OF ENTRY ARBITRATION DECISION DATED 2/3/21 20
DECISION CONFIRMING ARBITRATION AWARD DATED 5/20/22 22
FINAL ARBITRATION DECISION DATED 9/7/2021 24
INTERMEDIATE DECISION OF THE ARBITRATOR DATED 1/25/21 27
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ORDER APPOINTING ARBITRATOR DATED 11/15/2019 28
DECISION ORDERING ARBITRATION AND STAYING
THE SUMMAY JUDGMENT MOTION TO DISMISS FOR
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DATED 10/29/18 29
ORIGINAL COMPLAINT DATED 7/20/17 32
AMENDED ANSWER OF DEFENDANT
APPELLANT DATED 9/12/18 42
NOTICE OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
AND TO VACATE OR MODIFY THE ARBITRATION AWARD 48
ATTORNEY AFFIDAVIT OF WOODRUFF CARROLL
IN SUPPORT OF SUMMARY VACATING OR MODIFYING
THE AWARD, REMANDING THE ACTION AND IN
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OPPOSITION TO TOTHE MOTION TO CONF1RM DATED 12/9/21 49
EXHIBITS
CONTRACT BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT 54
ANSWER OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT 60
COMPLAINT OF PLAINT1FF RESPONDENT 65
ANSWER OF DEFENDANTS APPELLANT 75
TRANSCRIPT OF ARBITRATION HEARING 80
13-75 DIRECT TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT
APPELLANT TERRY DORRITY BY THE PLAINTIFF 92
75-111 DIRECT EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF
RESPONDENT RONNIE DORRITY BY THE PLAINTIFF 154
111-166 CROSS-EXAMINATION OF
DEFENDANT RESPONDENT RONNIE
DORRITY BY THE DEFENDANT 190
166 REDIRECT TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT
RESPONDENT RONNIE DORRITY BY THE
PLAINTIFF APPELLANT 245
168 RECROSS EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF
RESPONDENT RONNIE DORRITY BY THE
DEFENDANTAPPELLANT 247
169/170-176 DIRECT TESTIMONY OF JOHN DUVAL
PLAINTIFF EXPERT BY PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT 249
176 VOIR DIRE BY PLAINTIFF APPELLANT OF
DEFENDANT RESPONDENT'S EXPERT JOHN
DUVAL 255
178 DIRECT TESTIMONY OF JOHN DUVAL
PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT EXPERT BY
PLAINTIFF APPELLANT 257
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196-258 CROSS EXAMINATION OF PLAINT1FF
RESPONDENT EXPERT JOHN DUVAL
BYDEFENDANTAPPELLANT 275
258-262 JUDGE QUESTIONS OF DEFENDANT
RESPONDENT DUVAL 337
268-275 DIRECT TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS
APPELLANTS EXPERT RICHARD WOLF BY
DEFENDANTAPPELLANT 347
275 -278 VOIR DIRE OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT'S
EXPERT JOHN WOLF BY PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT 354
278-340 DIRECT TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS
APPELLANTS EXPERT RICHARD WOLF BY
e DEFENDANT RESPONDENT 357
340-355 CROSS EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANTS
APPELLANTS EXPERT RICHARD WOLF BY
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DEFENDANT APPELLANTS EXPERT RICHARD WOLF
BYDEFENDANTAPPELLANT 434
362-421 DIRECT EXAMINATION OF
DEFENDANT APPELLANT TERRY DORRITY
BYDEFENDANTAPPELLANT 441
421-448 CROSS-EXAM OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT
e TERRY DORRITY BY PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT 500
449-452 REDIRECT OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT
TERRY DORRITY BY DEFENDANT APPELLANT 528
e 452-453 RECROSS OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT
TERRY DORRITY BY PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT 531
453-454 RE DIRECT OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT
TERRY DORRITY BY DEFENDANT RESPONDENT 532
454-455 RECROSS OF DEFENDANT APPELLANT TERRY
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DORRITY BY PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT 533
REPLY AFFIDAVIT OF WOODRUFF CARROLL IN
OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO CONFIRM AND IN
SUPPORT OF THE DEFENDANTS APPELLANTS MOTION TO
VACATE OR MODIFY THE AWARD OR REMAND DATED 2/1/22 615
PETITION TO CONFIRM ARBITRATION AWARD
BY PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT 620
AFFIDAVIT OF PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT IN SUPPORT OF
CONFIRMATION AND ANSWER TO MOTION
TO CONFIRM AND IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION
TO VACATE, MODIFY OR REMAND THE AWARD 622
DATED 1/24/22
EXHIBIT AARBITRATION DETERMINATION 9/7/21 639
EXHIBIT B DECISION OF THE NATIONAL
FUTURES ASSOCIATION 643
REPLY AFFIDAVIT OF WOODRUFF CARROLL
IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO CONFIRM AND
IN SUPPORT OF THE DEFENDANTS APPELLANTS
MOTION TO VACATE OR MODIFY THE AWARD OR
REMAND DATED 2/1/22 647
DEFENDANT APPELLANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT BASED ON STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DATED 3/12/18 652
AFFIDAVIT OF WOODRUFF CARROLL COUNSEL TO
DEFENDANT APPELLANT 653
AFFIDAVIT OF TERRY DORRITY
DEFENDANT APPELLANT 656
COMPLAINT 663
ANSWER 674
NFA CODE OF ARBITRATION 681
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ADVISORY AGREEMENT 716
INVESTMENTS AGREEMENT 725
ANSWER OF PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT IN OPPOSITION TO
MOTION FOR TO DISMISS THE ACTION DATED 9/1/18 815
ANSWER OF PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT
IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR TO
DISMISSTHE ACTION AFFIDAVITOF
MATHEW FANELLI DATED MAY 17 2018 815
ANSWER OF PLAINTIFF RESPONDENT IN OPPOSITION
TO MOTION FOR TO DISMISS THE ACTION
DATED 5/17/2018 AFFIDAVIT OF RONNIE DORRITY
, PLAINTIFF APPELLANT 821
TRANSCRIPT OF HEARING TO
CONFIRM DATED 2/17/22 825
CERTIFICATION 837
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2 well-managed damage model, what should have, or could i
3 have been done with a fund similar to this. This .
4 fund in that period of time from 1%hruary 6, 507 to
5 December 30th, 2020, went up ninety-aight percent.
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6 The S&P 500 went up two hundred and aighty-one
7 pezuent, so I'm not cherry picking, and I'm picking a
8 fund that I would feel very comfortable putting Terry
9 -- Ronald in today.
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10 Q. If if you recall Ronald's
11 at some point he was -- he was in
testimony
12 MassMutual Fund?
13 A. Tas.
14 Q. Anything else to add?
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16 MR. FINER: That's all I have at this
17 time.
18 THE ARBITRATOR: Mr. Carroll?
19 NR. CARROLLs It will take a second,
20 Your Honor. Your Honor, I'm changing batteries, just
21 taking a abort break.
22 THE ARBITRATOR: Okay.
23 (A recess was talten)
24 THE ARBITRATOR: Anything further, Mr.
25 Finer?
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2 MR. FINER: No, sir.
3 THE ARBITRATOR: Mr. Carroll?
4 MR. CARROLL: Getting there. Hang on.
5 UNIDENTIFIEll SPEAKER: Your Honor,
6 that door is still alightly ajar. .
7 " '..THE ARBITRATOR: It doesn't
. matter,
8 there's nothing-else going on in the building, so.
9 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Okay.
10 THE ARBITRATOR: Okay. It used to be
11 my office next door.
12 UNIDENTIFIED SPEARER: All right.
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13 MR. FINER: I was here more than a few
14 times.
15 THE ARBITRATORt Pardon?
16 HR. FINER: I was here more than a few
17 times was -- was in the exact same spot.
sitting
18 THE ARBITRATOR: Woody was here.
19 MR. CARROLL: I'm here.
20 THE ARBITRATOR: Talking about my past
21 job. That's just --.
22 MR. FINER: You were at the New York
23 State ...
24 MR. CARROLL: Yeah, yeah, that was an
25 interesting job. Still haven't fixed the damn thing
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2 it's being caused by an old dam that's - they
3 hav©en't taken down. Nobody wants to put up a couple
4 of hundred thousand bucks to put a few aticks of
5 dynamite in the river.
THE ARBITRATOR: That is that issue --
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7 that problem and then there's the Hinckley Reservoir
8 Trust if you want to get complicated.
9 MR. CARROLLr If you get involved in
10 any of these waterways it's a disaster. Our
11 ancestors darnmed up every single one for that canal,
12 one problem after another.
13 THE ARBITRATOR: I wrote an over
14 sixty-eight-page opinion, with the history of the
15 Hinckley Reservoir.
16 MR. CARROLL: Oh, my God,
17 THE ARBITRATOR: We were using
18 documents in that trial. We were using documents
19 from 2008.
20 MR. FINER: Is that when they flooded
21 it in the nine --?
THE ARBITRATOR: I'm --
22 sorry
23 MR. CARROLL: 1808,
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THE ARBITRATOR: -- 1908,
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25 MR. CARROLL: 19082
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Document Filed Date
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Case Filing Date
July 20, 2017
Category
Commercial - Contract
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