KAUFMAN v. MORITT HOCK & HAMROFF, LLP

2018-14550. Index No. 611671/17.

192 A.D.3d 1092 (2021)

141 N.Y.S.3d 371

2021 NY Slip Op 01969

Allen M. Kaufman, Appellant, v. Moritt Hock & Hamroff, LLP, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 31, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marzano Lawyers PLLC, New York, NY ( Naved Amed of counsel), for appellant.

L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP, Garden City, NY ( Marian C. Rice and Meredith D. Belkin of counsel), for respondents.

Chambers, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Duffy and Christopher, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action against attorneys who formerly represented his brother in certain Surrogate's Court estate administration matters. The plaintiff sought damages pursuant to Judiciary Law § 487. "Under Judiciary Law § 487 (1), an attorney who `[i]s guilty of any deceit or collusion, or consents to any deceit or collusion, with intent to deceive the court or any party' is liable to the injured...

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