Opinion
Motion No: M-2257
07-23-2019
Ricky Zegelstein, M.D., Custom Anesthesia Services, P.C., and Innovative Anesthesia Solutions, P.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael J. Faust, M.D., et al., Defendants-Respondents.
An appeal having been taken to this Court from the order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about June 12, 2017, and said appeal having been perfected, And plaintiffs-appellants having moved: to strike the appellate briefs of defendants Michael Krumholz, M.D. and Haroom Chaudry, M.D., and to restrain them from addressing certain stricken material; for a finding of civil contempt against Krumholz, Chaudry and their respective counsel, and for the imposition of $100,000 in sanctions; and for an extension of time to file a reply brief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of striking references to a certain legal malpractice action and the electronic docket for that case, in footnotes 3 and 5 on p. 37, first full paragraph, in the Krumholz brief, and on pages 15-16, first full paragraph, third and fourth sentence of the Chaudry brief, and references to the amended complaint in the Federal action, and the electronic docket for that case on pp. 31-32 of the Krumholz brief. The motion is otherwise denied.
ENTERED: July 23, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr., Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Peter Tom, Justices
M-2257
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