Holliswood Owners Corp. v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiffs appeal, in part by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hart, J.), entered July 15, 2015, which granted the defendants’ motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 to dismiss the complaint and sua sponte directed, in effect, that any counsel fees paid by the plaintiffs to their attorneys in connection with this action must be turned over to the defendants’ attorney and held in escrow by him pending further order of the court.
Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion,…
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