Solow v. W.R. Grace & Co.

—Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Baer, Jr., J.), entered on or about September 4, 1992, which denied defendant’s motion to disqualify the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from representing plaintiff in this action, reversed, on the law, and the motion granted, without costs.

Plaintiffs, owners of the premises at 9 West 57th Street, commenced this action seeking damages for asbestos contamination resulting from the use of fireproofing material manufactured by defendant Grace in the construction of the building. In 1992, some five years after the inception of the action,…