Lefkowitz v. Lurie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover unpaid legal fees, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Lally, J.), entered July 11, 1997, which denied his motion for summary judgment dismissing the counterclaims of the defendant Brett K. Lurie.
Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, the motion is granted, and the counterclaims of the defendant Brett K. Lurie are dismissed.
The plaintiff seeks to recover fees purportedly owed to him by the defendants for his legal representation on their behalf in a related arbitration in which a judgment was entered against them. In his…
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