Horn v. Municipal Information Services, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendant Municipal Information Services, Inc., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (DiBlasi, J.), entered May 4, 2000, which granted the plaintiff’s motion to disqualify John R. Lewis as its counsel on the ground of a conflict of interest.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is well settled that the disqualification of an attorney is a matter which rests within the sound discretion of the court (see, Olmoz v Town of Fishkill, 258 AD2d 447; Fischer v Deitsch, 168 AD2d 599; Narel…
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