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BERNSTEIN v. SILVERMAN

228 A.D.2d 325 (1996)

644 N.Y.S.2d 235

Lawson F. Bernstein, Appellant, v. Leon Silverman et al., Respondents Irving Tenenbaum, Respondent, v. Lawson F. Bernstein, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 20, 1996

The denial of the consolidation motion was an abuse of discretion. The two actions at issue, the first of which is for legal fees, with counterclaims alleging legal malpractice, and the second of which seeks legal fees already paid pursuant to a fee-sharing arrangement, involve common legal and factual questions, such that consolidation is appropriate (Tortorello v Carlin, 182 A.D.2d 524, 525; Berman v Greenwood Vil. Community...

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