Ashbaugh v. West 13th Street Owners, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered May 23, 1980, granting plaintiff’s motion to disqualify defendant’s counsel, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs and disbursements, and the motion denied. The attorney whose disqualification is-sought represented an unincorporated association, consisting of nine tenants of which plaintiff was one, for an eight-month period in 1977 prior to the conversion of the premises in question to co-operative ownership. This representation culminated in the negotiation and execution with the landlord sponsor, of a tenants-in-occupancy agreement, the…