Opinion
CA 01-01224
February 1, 2002.
Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Erie County (Mahoney, J.), entered July 21, 2000, which ordered the disclosure of certain documents.
HARTER, SECREST EMERY LLP, ROCHESTER (PETER H. ABDELLA OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
SHEILA G. GRAZIANO, BUFFALO, FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: GREEN, J.P., HAYES, SCUDDER, GORSKI, AND LAWTON, JJ.
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal be and the same hereby is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum:
Defendants Western New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Reverend Bishop Hae-Jong Kim and Reverend Dr. John F. Beeson abandoned their appeal from the May 26, 1998 interlocutory order addressing the issues raised on this appeal from a subsequent order and thus this appeal must be dismissed ( see, Rubeo v. National Grange Mut. Ins. Co., 93 N.Y.2d 750, 754-755; see also, CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).