Legal Opinion
Lortz v. Lortz
New York County Courts
Decided September 13, 1994PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
William H. Bristol, J.
Important principles are often hidden in humble cases. So it is here.
Darleen Lortz appeals a decision of Rochester City Court *540dated February 11, 1993 which dismissed her claim after a finding of no cause for action. She contends that City Court lacked authority to transfer her case from a Small Claims Part to the regular civil part of that court. That transfer required her to submit to a mandatory arbitration and, after her victory there, to a trial de nova. For the reasons that follow, this court reverses the judgment dismissing her cause of action…
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