Dunn v. Eickhoff

The issue here is whether plaintiffs’ post-trial motion to set aside the jury’s verdict in favor of defendants was improperly denied. Plaintiffs’ attorney, Eugene J. Adams, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of three counts of perjury and one count of obstructing justice, each conviction being a felony in this State. On February 1, 1972 the judgment and commitment on the conviction was filed. On February 23, 1972 an order of this court noted receipt of a certified copy of the judgment and commitment, declared that the crimes of which Adams…