Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Reichberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 29, 2001Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding to settle the account of the co-executors of the estate of David Reichberg, the objectants appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County (Emanuelli, S.), dated August 7, 2000, which granted the co-executors’ motion pursuant to CPLR 3126 to the extent of awarding the co-executors an attorney’s fee in the amount of $4,750 due to the objectants’ failure to proceed with pretrial disclosure.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The award to the co-executors of an attorney’s fee was appropriate due to the failure of the appellant Gregory Reichberg to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. Barbiere v. MotamedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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