Esannason v. New York City Housing Authority

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered September 27, 1989, which, inter alia, denied defendant New York City Housing Authority’s motion for counsel fees and sanctions pursuant to CPLR 8303-a and section 130-1.1 of the Uniform Rules for Trial Courts (22 NYCRR 130-1.1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs counsel has advanced a reasonable theory upon which suit was commenced against the defendant Housing Authority, despite being presented with the deed evidencing the fact that the playground where the infant plaintiff was injured had been conveyed by the…