Legal Opinion
Guarnier v. American Dredging Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 9, 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered January 10, 1990, wherein the court sua sponte imposed sanctions upon defendant’s counsel for "frivolous conduct” in the amount of $5,000, under 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 (c), modified, on the law, and in the exercise of discretion, to reduce the sanction to the sum of $1,000, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
The sole appellant before us on this appeal is trial counsel for defendant, Howard W. Burns, Jr., Esq., who seeks vacatur of the $5,000 sanction levied upon him by the court.
On the occasion of the fourth jury trial in this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. KernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Esposito v. BuonomeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
- Guarnier v. American Dredging Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
3Cited by2 opinions
- Principe v. Assay PartnersNew York Supreme Court · 1992
- Guarnier v. American Dredging Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992