Kelly v. Paulsen

Garry, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Dowd, J.), entered November 12, 2015 in Broome County, which granted defendant Christopher A. Paulsen’s motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ attorney.

In 2009, plaintiffs Lynn H. Kelly (hereinafter Kelly) and Donna Kelly commenced this negligence action alleging that Kelly was forced to crash his motorcycle when defendant Christopher A. Paulsen failed to yield the right-of-way at an intersection. Plaintiffs were represented by the law firm of Hinman, Howard & Katell, LLP (hereinafter HHK). Steven P. Shultz, a sole practitioner, later joined…