context: It remains unclear, however, exactly what Mr. Watrous asserts as the "personal interest" at stake for the other alleged co-conspirators. Some courts have found that personal bias, by itself, is not the same as having a personal interest.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 1999 WL 151702, *2
citation_a.parenthetical: "Although the complaint includes an allegation that Rodriguez-Torres wanted to 'get rid of plaintiff, personal bias does not constitute personal interest and is not sufficient to defeat the intracorporate conspiracy doctrine."
citation_a.sentence: See Johnson v. Nyack Hosp., 954 F.Supp. 717, 723 (S.D.N.Y.1997) (“[P]ersonal bias is not the sort of personal interest that takes a defendant out of the intraenterprise conspiracy doctrine where, as here, the action complained of arguably served a legitimate interest of Nyack Hospital.”); see also Bond v. Bd. of Educ. of City of New York, No. 97CV1337, 1999 WL 151702, *2 (E.D.N.Y. March 17, 1999) (“Although the complaint includes an allegation that Rodriguez-Torres wanted to ‘get rid of plaintiff, personal bias does not constitute personal interest and is not sufficient to defeat the intracorporate conspiracy doctrine.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 954 F.Supp. 717, 723
citation_b.parenthetical: "[P]ersonal bias is not the sort of personal interest that takes a defendant out of the intraenterprise conspiracy doctrine where, as here, the action complained of arguably served a legitimate interest of Nyack Hospital."
citation_b.sentence: See Johnson v. Nyack Hosp., 954 F.Supp. 717, 723 (S.D.N.Y.1997) (“[P]ersonal bias is not the sort of personal interest that takes a defendant out of the intraenterprise conspiracy doctrine where, as here, the action complained of arguably served a legitimate interest of Nyack Hospital.”); see also Bond v. Bd. of Educ. of City of New York, No. 97CV1337, 1999 WL 151702, *2 (E.D.N.Y. March 17, 1999) (“Although the complaint includes an allegation that Rodriguez-Torres wanted to ‘get rid of plaintiff, personal bias does not constitute personal interest and is not sufficient to defeat the intracorporate conspiracy doctrine.”).