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Warsop v. Novik

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 29, 2008
50 A.D.3d 608 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

April 29, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered October 19, 2007, which, to the extent appealed from, upon granting appellant's motion to be relieved as counsel, directed that appellant turn plaintiffs case file over to new counsel within five days of receiving a written request, without directing payment of appellant's disbursements, unanimously modified, on the law, to provide that the subject file be turned over only after plaintiff pays disbursements of $8,934.19 or provides security therefor, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Before: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Andrias and Williams, JJ.


Absent evidence of discharge for cause, a court should not order turnover of an outgoing attorney's file before the client fully pays the attorney's disbursements or provides security therefor ( see Gonzalez v City of New York, 45 AD3d 347, 348, lv denied 10 NY3d 701; Tuff Rumble Mgt. v Landmark Distribs., 254 AD2d 15, lv dismissed 93 NY2d 920).


Summaries of

Warsop v. Novik

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 29, 2008
50 A.D.3d 608 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Warsop v. Novik

Case Details

Full title:HAZEL WARSOP et al., Respondents, v. STEPHEN NOVIK, M.D., et al.…

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

Date published: Apr 29, 2008

Citations

50 A.D.3d 608 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
856 N.Y.S.2d 607

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