Connolly v. Griffin

Order, Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Martin Evans, S.), entered January 5, 1993, which denied defendant Ethel J. Griffin’s motion to strike plaintiffs demand for a jury trial, unanimously modified, on the law, only to the extent of granting said motion with respect to plaintiffs fourth cause of action seeking to recover his fees for legal services rendered on the basis of quantum meruit and the equitable defenses raised by defendant and, as so modified, the order is otherwise affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, formerly one of two attorneys retained by defendant Griffin, the Public…