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50710/2022 · New York State Supreme Court
Evidentiary treatment: This summarizes the plaintiff's own allegations as stated in the complaint or docket record cited below. It reflects what was filed, not a court finding, and is not a determination that the allegations are true.
Plaintiff Frank Tufano, proceeding pro se, alleges a breach of oral contract against Adam Starowicz, a fellow member/manager of Frankie's Free-Range Meat, LLC, arising from the same business relationship separately at issue in a pending American Arbitration Association proceeding between the two men. Starowicz's counsel represented to the court, in moving against the suit, that the claims duplicate matters already raised in that arbitration.
The available record does not specify further factual detail or the damages demanded. Sourced via the defense's memorandum of law characterizing the claim, not a direct read of the complaint — lower confidence than sourcing drawn directly from a filed pleading.
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Outcome reason: A stipulation filed March 9, 2023 discontinued all of Frank Tufano's claims against Adam Starowicz with prejudice and without costs.
Research status: Source-backed
Research notes: NYSCEF Case Status: Disposed. The stipulation bears Frank Tufano's pro se signature.
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C089 (Frankie's Free Range Meat LLC et al. v. Starowicz) was dismissed without prejudice on Oct. 26, 2022 after the court found no affidavit of service or other filing moving the action toward judgment, and a request to restore/stay arbitration was denied as moot. On Dec. 20, 2022, Tufano filed C090 against Adam Starowicz in the same court.
Source — iapps.courts.state.ny.us ↗Sequence does not by itself prove motive or causation.
Tufano filed C090 against Adam Starowicz in Westchester Supreme Court.
Source — iapps.courts.state.ny.us ↗Davis reports that Starowicz filed a motion to dismiss C090 on Jan. 9, 2023, arguing that the dispute belonged in the pending arbitration.
Source — daviscantor.com ↗Two days after the reported motion to dismiss C090, Tufano filed C099 in S.D.N.Y. against the American Arbitration Association, Jeffrey K. Davis, Adam Starowicz and Sarah Thompson.
Source — courtlistener.com ↗Stipulations filed March 9, 2023 discontinued Tufano's claims in C090 and C091 with prejudice.
Source — iapps.courts.state.ny.us ↗Commentary from former counsel or other secondary sources is retained separately from court findings and primary-source records.
Davis recounts the Starowicz/Tufano business arbitration, reproduces language from an arbitrator stating that a preliminary hearing occurred Oct. 25, 2021 and that a request to pause/stay was addressed by email around Apr. 5, 2022, and reports that Starowicz filed a motion to dismiss C090 on Jan. 9, 2023. The article later notes the state case was settled and claims voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.
Evidentiary treatment: Use for leads, chronology and quoted arbitration context only. Davis's characterizations (for example that arguments were meritless or that Tufano tried to circumvent arbitration) are not court findings unless independently corroborated.
Secondary source — daviscantor.com ↗Frank Tufano Litigation Research. "Frank Tufano v. Adam Starowicz (50710/2022)". Research last verified September 23, 2026. https://suedbyfranktufano.com/cases/50710-2022-frank-tufano-v-adam-starowicz/