Legal Opinion

Perrucci v. CIGNA Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 8, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered September 8, 1997, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A client has the right “to terminate the attorney-client relationship at any time with or without cause” (Matter of Cooperman, 83 NY2d 465, 472; see also, Demov, Morris, Levin & Shein v Glantz, 53 NY2d 553, 556). Plaintiff, who does not claim to fall within the two limited exceptions to the rule (see, Atkins & O’Brien v ISS International Serv. Sys., 252 AD2d 446, 448)…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Matter of CoopermanNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. Demov, Morris, Levin & Shein v. GlantzNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. Ullmann v. Norma Kamali, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. Atkins & O'Brien L. L. P. v. ISS International Service System, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. Fisher v. Maxwell Communications Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wise v. Consolidated Edison Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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