Brunson v. Reilly

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered February 5, 2009, which granted plaintiffs motion for attorney’s fees and directed nonparty appellant, defendants’ counsel in this personal injury action, to pay plaintiffs counsel $7,500, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, and the sanction vacated. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered April 17, 2009, which, upon re-argument, reduced the award of attorney’s fees to $3,750 on the condition that it be paid within 30 days of the order, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as…