Lawyers Title Insurance v. Weiser's Poultry Farm, Inc.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Kane, J.), entered September 27, 2000 in Sullivan County, which denied Michael D. Altman’s motion to intervene.

Following denial of his motion to intervene, the proposed intervener failed to obtain a stay of further proceedings from either Supreme Court or this Court. The parties then entered into a stipulation fully settling the action, and that stipulation was so ordered by Supreme Court on January 26, 2001 and filed with the County Clerk on February 2,' 2001.

When the underlying action has been settled by the parties, an appeal becomes moot (see,…