A lawsuit accusing a New York attorney of helping former clients misappropriate millions of dollars from a partnership that was formed to make a movie of D.M. Thomas' 1981 novel "The White Hotel" may go forward, a Manhattan judge has ruled, setting the stage for a trial after more than 10 years of litigation.
In an order handed down Friday in Briarpatch v. Briarpatch Film, 603364/01, Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten (See Profile) held there were issues of fact as to whether the attorney, Paul Verner, knowingly helped his former clients make off with the money, denying Verner's motion for summary judgment.
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