Cabukyuksel v. Ascot Properties, LLC

In April 2008, plaintiff Eleni Papaioannou signed a retainer agreement with Levine & Grossman, Esqs. for her personal injury claims, and the loss of services claim of her husband, resulting from the collapse of a crane onto her apartment building while she was in the apartment. Thereafter, the firm filed a notice of claim with the City of New York. The Laskin firm was substituted as counsel for the Papaioannous in April 2010.

One week after Mrs. Papaioannou executed the retainer agreement with Levine & Grossman, her husband, Demetrios Papaioannou, apparently without her knowledge, engaged…