Legal Opinion
Sholes v. Meagher
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 10, 2003PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal asks us to overturn the Appellate Division’s dismissal of an appeal taken as of right by an attorney and her law firm — nonparty appellants here — from a trial court order imposing sanctions for conduct the court deemed frivolous (see 22 NYCRR part 130). The Appellate Division dismissed the appeal because the sanctions resulted from the trial court’s sua sponte order, with no notice of motion (see CPLR 5701 [a] [2]). We now affirm.
On the sixth day of a personal injury jury trial in Suffolk County, the trial court (after taking a brief recess) announced from the…
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