IN THE MATTER OF SAFERSTEIN v. LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION


30 A.D.3d 653 (2006)

815 N.Y.S.2d 787

In the Matter of NORMAN I. SAFERSTEIN, Appellant, v. LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION, Respondent.

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

June 1, 2006.


Spain, J.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging respondent's denial of his request for reimbursement based on the alleged misconduct of his former attorney. By way of background, petitioner was assigned a mortgage in 1987 which, it was ultimately discovered, had been fraudulently altered in 1983 in that the name of the mortgagee had been changed after the mortgage was executed and prior to recording. After the mortgagor defaulted, petitioner...

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