Giorgini v. Goldfield

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud and conversion of certain insurance commissions, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Molia, J.), dated March 8, 2004, which denied their motion to adjudicate the plaintiff in civil and criminal contempt.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To succeed on a motion to punish for civil contempt, the moving party must show that the alleged contemnor violated a clear and unequivocal court order and that the violation prejudiced a right of a party to the litigation (see Judiciary Law § 753 [A] [3];…