Matarazzo Blumberg & Associates, P.C. v. Abramovitz

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 75 to permanently stay arbitration, the petitioners appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), dated November 8, 2001, which denied the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is granted, and the arbitration is permanently stayed.

In a decision and order in a related proceeding, this Court previously determined that the agreement between the petitioners and the late Melvin Ungar was an illegal fee-splitting agreement (see Matter of Ungar v Matarazzo Blumberg &…