Ellis v. Abbey & Ellis

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered May 24, 1999, which, after a Referee hearing, granted defendant’s motion to confirm the report and recommendations of the Referee, denied plaintiffs cross-motion to reject the report, granted defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

None of the employees or non-equity partners in the law firm stood “to gain or lose * * * by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment” (Matter of Will of Sheehan, 51 AD2d 645, 647), to an…