Brooks v. City of New York

The attorneys of record for the New York City Housing Authority, a defendant in this action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff in *741the course of demolition work performed by his employer, move for an order permitting them to withdraw as such attorneys.

The movants were engaged as attorneys by a casualty company which had issued to the authority a contingent liability insurance policy in connection with the demolition work performed by plaintiff’s employer. They claim that at an examination before trial of one of the authority’s employees, he testified…