Andrew v. Kerendian

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, nonparty Sean Sabeti, PC., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Palmieri, J.), dated October 31, 2013, which, on its own motion, after a hearing, determined that the defendant/third-party plaintiff and her counsel, Sean Sabeti, P.C., had engaged in frivolous conduct within the meaning of 22 NYCRR 130-1.1, in effect, awarded the third-party defendants Edward Andrew and Dawn Andrew an attorney’s fee in the principal sum of $4,000, payable by the defendant/third-party plaintiff, and directed Sean Sabeti, P.C., to pay a…