Legal Opinion
Beverina v. West
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 28, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Cardona, P. J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Lahtinen, J.), entered December 5, 1997 in Warren County, which denied plaintiff’s motion to hold Andrew Capoccia in contempt for failure to comply with a prior order.
Plaintiff was injured in a slip and fall accident in September 1987 and retained attorney Andrew Capoccia to commence a personal injury action. In June 1991, Capoccia’s motion to withdraw from representing plaintiff was granted. Since that time, plaintiff has retained other attorneys to pursue the litigation all of whom have requested Capoccia to return documentation…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Hoglund v. HoglundAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Augat v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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