Opinion
No. 2007-07615.
March 23, 2010.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Schulman, J.), dated July 19, 2007, which granted the motion of the United States of America for leave to intervene for the limited purpose of moving to stay all proceedings in this action pending the completion of federal criminal proceedings in an action entitled United States v Catapano, pending in the United States District Court under docket No. 05-CR-229, and granted the cross motion of the defendant New York City Construction Authority (Maxwell High School) to stay all proceedings in this action.
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll Bertolotti, LLP, New York, N.Y., (Mark E. Klein and Jennifer G. Buesser of counsel), for appellant.
Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y., (Francis F. Caputo, Jonathan S. Becker, Percival Bailey, and Karen M. Griffin of counsel), for respondent.
Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Charles S. Kleinberg of counsel), for intervenor-respondent.
Before: Covello, J.P., Santucci, Chambers and Lott, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, with one bill of costs.
By order dated December 10, 2009, the Supreme Court, Queens County, vacated the stay granted in the order appealed from. Accordingly, this appeal has been rendered academic.