New York law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe has been found not liable in connection to a dispute over its partner’s side gig of operating a bar in Asbury Park.

The firm was named in a legal malpractice suit over services that Andrew Martin provided as part of his formation of an operating agreement with two others who opened an establishment called Aqua Lounge. But vicarious liability against Richards Kibbe cannot be maintained because the suit was dismissed with prejudice against Martin, and a ruling exonerating the employee also requires exoneration of the employer, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled Tuesday. The decision affirmed the ruling of a Bergen County Superior Court judge who said no claim could be maintained against Richards Kibbe after the case against Martin was thrown out.

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