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Yanez v. City Health and Hospitals Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 9, 1998
248 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

March 9, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lonschein, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly ruled that the plaintiff's former attorney, Morris J. Eisen, was entitled to quantum meruit compensation for work done on the plaintiffs' case prior to his disbarment. It is undisputed that the disbarment did not relate to any misconduct in the plaintiffs' case and that Eisen was not discharged for cause by the plaintiffs. Therefore, he is entitled to quantum meruit compensation for his services ( see, 22 NYCRR 690.10 [b]; Cappocia v. Brognano, 126 A.D.2d 323, 326; Greenberg v. Cohn, 153 Misc.2d 495)

The appellant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review.

Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Miller and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Yanez v. City Health and Hospitals Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 9, 1998
248 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Yanez v. City Health and Hospitals Corp.

Case Details

Full title:MARIA YANEZ, an Infant, by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, EMERITA YANEZ…

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

Date published: Mar 9, 1998

Citations

248 A.D.2d 527 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
669 N.Y.S.2d 905

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