Legal Opinion
Spielberg v. Twin Oaks Construction Co., LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 23, 2015No. 2015-01612PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Giacomo, J.), dated February 5, 2015, as granted that branch of the defendants’ motion which was to disqualify Leonard Spielberg from representing the plaintiffs in this action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
“The disqualification of an attorney is a matter that rests within the sound discretion of the Supreme Court” (Lauder v Goldhamer, 122 AD3d 908, 910 [2014]; see…
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