MATTER OF HASKINS v. LAWYERS FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION


286 A.D.2d 440 (2001)

729 N.Y.S.2d 499

In the Matter of JOHN J. HASKINS, Respondent, v. LAWYERS FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION, Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided August 20, 2001.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, the determination is confirmed, and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits.

Judiciary Law § 468-b (4) states that "the board of trustees [of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection] shall have the sole discretion to determine the merits of claims presented for reimbursement, the amount of such reimbursement and the terms under which such reimbursement shall be made." Further, claims made to the...

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