Catania v. Lippman

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Pennock, J.), entered December 9,1982 in Ulster County, which denied third-party plaintiff’s motion to disqualify third-party defendant from representing any party in the action and granted third-party defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the third-party complaint. Joan Catania retained Barry Lippman to represent her in a matrimonial action and he allegedly advised her to leave her marital residence. Thereafter, but prior to trial of the matrimonial action, William Curran replaced Lippman as Catania’s attorney. Curran moved to compel…