COSTANZO v. COSTANZO


248 N.J. Super. 116 (1991)

590 A.2d 268

VINCENT COSTANZO, PLAINTIFF, v. ANTOINE COSTANZO AND NORMAN ROBBINS, DEFENDANTS. NORMAN ROBBINS, THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. JOSEPH MONICO, THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Union County Civil Action.

Decided March 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Daniel for plaintiff.

Norman Robbins, defendant, pro se.


MENZA, J.S.C.

Plaintiff moves for summary judgment. The question in this case is whether an attorney has a duty to turn over funds pursuant to an assignment of funds executed by his client, where the client subsequently rejects the assignment and directs the attorney to pay the funds directly to him.

The facts are these. Over a period of years, defendant, Antoine Costanzo (Antoine), had borrowed various sums of money from his father, plaintiff, Vincent Costanzo...

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