Legal Opinion
Tortorello v. Carlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 21, 1990PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (C. Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered on or about September 5, 1989, which denied defendants’ motion to dismiss this action, pursuant to CPLR 3217 (c), on the ground that this action had been discontinued on two prior occasions, is unanimously affirmed, with costs.
This action stems from a matrimonial action in which defendants lawyers represented plaintiff. A dispute developed regarding legal fees and defendants were relieved as counsel and were awarded a charging lien, the amount of which was to be decided at a hearing. After seeking several adjournments…
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