Leonard v. Schrader

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mulvey, J.), entered November 24, 2009 in Cortland County, which, among other things, partially denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

The facts of this case are more fully set out in Van Donsel v Schrader (84 AD3d 1467 [2011] [decided herewith]). Defendant, the Cortland County Administrator, issued a memorandum to the Cortland County Legislature in which he recommended rejection of a proposed settlement of a claim negotiated by Richard Van Donsel, the Cortland County Attorney. In that memorandum, defendant noted the…