HEE JUN CHEON LEE v. GARCIA

4130N, 300838/07.

80 A.D.3d 541 (2011)

914 N.Y.S.2d 898

HEE JUN CHEON LEE et al., Plaintiffs, v. JONATHAN R. GARCIA et al., Defendants. SIM & PARK, LLP, Nonparty Appellant; FEIN & JAKAB, Nonparty Respondent.

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

Decided January 27, 2011.


It appears that plaintiffs discharged appellants less than five months after the action was commenced. Whether or not appellant was investigating and conducting discovery as to other potential defendants, as appellant claims, cannot be discerned from the record. The parties submitted starkly contrasting versions of the events which led to appellant's discharge. The general rule is that a hearing is required to determine if an attorney was discharged for cause or without cause...

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