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Gonzalez v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 23, 2012PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEgan Jr., J.

*1159We affirm. To the extent that plaintiffs’ various recusal/ disqualification motions are properly before this Court, we find them to be lacking in merit. “Absent a legal disqualification under Judiciary Law § 14, which is not at issue here, a . . . judge is the sole arbiter of recusal and his or her decision, which lies within the personal conscience of the court, will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion” (Kampfer v Rase, 56 AD3d 926, 926 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 716 [2009] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]; see Mokay v Mokay, 67 AD3d 1210, 1213 [2009]). We perceive…

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