Capoccia v. Spiro

Appeal from orders of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Conway, J.), entered December 17, 1981 in Albany County, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion for a protective order. In late September of 1980 defendant *1101Hurle Spiro consulted plaintiff Andrew F. Capoccia, an attorney, regarding marital difficulties she was experiencing with her husband, and it is conceded that plaintiff agreed to represent defendant concerning these problems in return for payment by defendant of $15,000 for plaintiff’s services. Although defendant maintains that she did in fact pay plaintiff the $15,000 in cash…