Ordered that on the Court's own motion, the plaintiff's notice of appeal is treated as an application for leave to appeal, and leave to appeal is granted (see CPLR 5701 [c]); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law and the facts and as a matter of discretion, with costs.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in sua sponte disqualifying the plaintiff's law firm from representing him...
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