Formato v. Dix

Full title: LEONARD FORMATO et al., Respondents, v. BENEDICT DIX, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 2, 1988

140 A.D.2d 302 (N.Y. App. Div. 1988)

Opinion

May 2, 1988

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Dachenhausen, J.).

Ordered that the order is reversed, insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the fine is vacated.

There was no authority for the imposition of the challenged sanction (see, Matter of A.G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v Lezak, 69 N.Y.2d 1; Silberstein v First Wall St. Capital Corp., 128 A.D.2d 516). Mangano, J.P., Kunzeman, Rubin and Harwood, JJ., concur.