Legal Opinion
Elias v. Lee
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided April 24, 1968Published
1Opinion of the CourtAlllen Murray Myers, J.
The motion of the attorney for the defendants for leave to withdraw from the defense of the action is denied, without prejudice to the prosecution of a plenary action to disclaim in which all parties to the action are before the court (cf. Gamas v. Terry, 16 A D 2d 826).
The moving attorney was retained by his principal, Canal Insurance Company of Greenville, South Carolina, the insurer of the defendant Joe Cheung, to represent the defendants in this action for personal injuries commenced against them by plaintiffs Elizabeth L. Elias and Maurice Elias.
The insurer, claiming that the defendants…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hanna v. . StedmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In re LawAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- National Grange Mutual Insurance v. OgassianNew York Supreme Court · 1965
- Van Buren v. HarrisonNew York Supreme Court · 1937