Golebieski v. City of Buffalo

Full title: Brian GOLEBIESKI, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. CITY OF BUFFALO, Defendant…

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

Date published: Jan 2, 2015

124 A.D.3d 1223 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 11

997 N.Y.S.2d 645

Opinion

2015-01-2

Brian GOLEBIESKI, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. CITY OF BUFFALO, Defendant. Estate of David G. Jay, Esq., Deceased, Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Kevin M. Dillon, J.), entered December 3, 2012. The order, among other things, determined that the Estate of David G. Jay, Esq. is entitled to one-third of the counsel fees received by the law firm of HoganWillig and/or Steven M. Cohen, Esq., in this action. Hogan Willig, PLLC, Amherst (Diane R. Tiveron of Counsel), for Plaintiff–Appellant. Arthur J. Rumizen, Williamsville, for Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Kevin M. Dillon, J.), entered December 3, 2012. The order, among other things, determined that the Estate of David G. Jay, Esq. is entitled to one-third of the counsel fees received by the law firm of HoganWillig and/or Steven M. Cohen, Esq., in this action.
Hogan Willig, PLLC, Amherst (Diane R. Tiveron of Counsel), for Plaintiff–Appellant. Arthur J. Rumizen, Williamsville, for Respondent.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs ( seeCPLR 5511; Field v. New York City Tr. Auth., 4 A.D.3d 389, 771 N.Y.S.2d 391). SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, VALENTINO, and WHALEN, JJ., concur.