Liang v. Yi Jing Tan

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for conversion and breach of fiduciary duty, (1) the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Grays, J.), dated December 23, 2015, which denied their cross motion pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1 for an award of costs and counsel fees against the plaintiff and directed a hearing on the plaintiff’s motion to hold their attorney, nonparty Wei Ji, in civil contempt of court for her failure to pay counsel fees awarded to the plaintiff in an order of the same court dated August 12, 2014, and (2) nonparty Wei Ji appeals from an…