In re the Estate of Reichberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
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…
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