West Hempstead Water Dist. v. Buckeye Pipeline Co., L.P.

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for public and private nuisance, the defendant Leon Petroleum, LLC, appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DeStefano, J.), entered January 16, 2015, as denied that branch of its motion which was to impose sanctions upon the plaintiff and/or the plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

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