Kelley v. Zavalidroga

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (John W Grow, J.), entered August 21, 2006 in a declaratory judgment action. The order denied the motion of defendant for recusal.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: We conclude with respect to the order in appeal No. 1 that Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to recuse itself based on its alleged bias resulting from the court’s former status as a partner in the law firm where defendant previously was employed as well as the court’s friendship with a…