Kerner v. Dunham

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered October 20, 2006, which, in an action to recover attorneys’ fees, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, without prejudice to institution of a new action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The complaint was properly dismissed for failure to allege that, as claimed by plaintiff in opposition to the motion, the dispute involves more than $50,000 and therefore is not covered by the Fee Dispute Resolution Program (22 NYCRR part 137; see 22 NYCRR 137.1 [b] [2]; 137.6 [b] [2]; Paikin v Tsirelman, 266 AD2d 136…