Rodriguez v. 2526 Valentine LLC

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Howard H. Sherman, J.), entered February 18, 2014, awarding plaintiff’s counsel costs and fees against defendant 2526 Valentine LLC and its counsel, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from orders, same court and Justice, entered January 13, 2014 and on or about January 29, 2014, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the aforesaid judgment.

Defendant 2526 Valentine and its counsel engaged in frivolous conduct by moving to vacate a default judgment that had been reinstated by this Court in a prior appeal (58 AD3d 530…