Pattelli v. Bell

OPINION OF THE COURT

Alan L. Lebowitz, J.

Plaintiff’s motion to disqualify the defendants’ counsel Gaines and Fishier, Esqs., from serving as counsel for the defendants in this matter and for summary judgment is decided in accordance with the decision/order below.

This action is essentially a family dispute over the ownership of a piece of real property located at 28 Jones Street, Staten Island. Helen Brostrom owned the premises with her late husband as tenants by the entirety until her husband’s death when she became the sole owner. On March 14, 1989 she executed a deed transferring the…