Greene v. Greene

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Cooke.

The issue presented for review is whether plaintiffs counsel, the law firm of Eaton, Van Winkle, Greenspoon & Grutman, should be disqualified because two of the members of the firm were formerly partners in defendant law firm, Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine & Underberg. For divers reasons the Eaton firm should be disqualified.

In the action underlying this controversy, plaintiff, Helen Greene, alleges that the firm of Finley, Kumble and one of its partners, Theodore Greene, committed a breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and a host of other wrongs in…