Haskins v. Lawyers Fund for Client Protection

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York, dated July 20, 1999, which denied the petitioner’s application for reimbursement of funds allegedly misappropriated by an attorney, the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Oshrin, J.), entered May 18, 2000, which annulled its determination and directed it to reimburse the claimant in the amount of $20,000.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the…