Legal Opinion
Leibowitz v. Szoverffy
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1979PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert F. Doran, J.
This is one of those other-side-of-the-coin cases, for which no prior case law has been found by the court. By notice of motion, the movant, who is the defendant and third-party plaintiff in the first above-entitled action and the petitioner in the second above-entitled proceeding, has moved for a substitution of attorneys pursuant to CPLR 321 (subd [b]). (Hereinafter, the movant is called the client.) The unique other-side-of-the-coin part of this motion is the request by the client that the attorney to be substituted return the sum of $6,000, which has…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bowling Green Savings Bank v. . ToddNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Schell v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Crowley v. WolfNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Fellner v. ZuckerbergNew York Supreme Court · 1952
- Bloom v. Irving Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1934
3Cited by2 opinions
- Jacobson v. SassowerCivil Court of the City of New York · 1982
- Shapiro v. Drummond, Woodsum, Plimpton & MacMahonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988