The trustee suing New York Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon and family in an attempt to recover alleged profits from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme scored a modest victory Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff granted trustee Irving Picard's request to have the trial, which is set for March 19, heard before a jury. Attorneys for Wilpon and brother-in-law Saul Katz argued the judge ought to decide the case if it goes unsettled beforehand.
