Legal Opinion
Dominguez v. Community Health Plan of Suffolk, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 4, 2001PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice and wrongful death, the defendants Community Health Plan of Suffolk, Inc., Alan Fetterman, “John” Kinsley, and Andrew Jerry Radzik appeal, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Eerier, J.), dated November 15, 2000, which, sua sponte, disqualified their attorneys.
Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion, without costs or disbursements, and the disqualification is vacated.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in sua sponte disqualifying the appellants’ law firm. A…
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