Glass v. Grecco
Decision Date | 01 November 2004 |
Docket Number | 2004-00861. |
Parties | ESTHER GLASS et al., Appellants, v. ALLAN GRECCO et al., Defendants, and PEERLESS ABSTRACT CORP., Respondent. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the appeal from so much of the order and judgment as directed the plaintiffs' attorney to pay an attorney's fee in the sum of $4,202.75, the costs of the subject motion, and an additional attorney's fee in the sum of $750, and imposed a sanction in the sum of $250 is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as the plaintiffs are not aggrieved by that portion of the order and judgment (see CPLR 5511; Scopelliti v Town of New Castle, 92 NY2d 944 [1998]); and it is further,
Ordered that the order and judgment is reversed insofar as reviewed, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion by penalizing the plaintiffs for their attorney's pursuit of a frivolous claim against the defendant Peerless Abstract Corp. (see 22 NYCRR 130-1.1). Accordingly, we reverse the order and judgment insofar as reviewed.
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