Spinnell v. Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc.

Order *176of the Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Jane Goodman, J.), entered on or about September 12, 1996, which denied plaintiffs motion for reargument of an order sanctioning him in the amount of $500 and granted defendant’s cross motion for sanctions in the amount of $5,000 payable to the client security fund, is unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to vacate the order insofar as it imposes a $5,000 sanction, and otherwise affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Plaintiff is an attorney representing himself in connection with a claimed hearing loss allegedly caused by a…