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O'Connell v. Russell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 1, 2002
298 A.D.2d 925 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)

Opinion

CA 01-02496

October 1, 2002.

Appeal from an order and judgment (one document) of Supreme Court, Ontario County (Henry, Jr., J.), entered March 6, 2001, which, inter alia, granted defendants' cross motion seeking summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees.

THOMAS W. O'CONNELL, PALMYRA, FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

HARRIS BEACH LLP, PITTSFORD (DOUGLAS A. FOSS OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

PRESENT: PIGOTT, JR., P.J., GREEN, HAYES, KEHOE, AND GORSKI, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the order and judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed with costs.

Memorandum:

Supreme Court properly granted that part of defendants' cross motion seeking an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 . Defendants are "entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees pursuant to section 130-1.1 for plaintiff's frivolous conduct in commencing and prosecuting this baseless action" ( Cinque v. Schieferstein, 292 A.D.2d 197, 198).


Summaries of

O'Connell v. Russell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Oct 1, 2002
298 A.D.2d 925 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
Case details for

O'Connell v. Russell

Case Details

Full title:SEAN O'CONNELL, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JAMES RUSSELL, HOWARD GOODALL, AND…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Oct 1, 2002

Citations

298 A.D.2d 925 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)
748 N.Y.S.2d 87