GENESIS REOC COMPANY v. POPPEL

Index No. 156733/17. Appeal No. 15843-15843A. Case No. 2020-04283. 2021-03694.

205 A.D.3d 415 (2022)

168 N.Y.S.3d 438

2022 NY Slip Op 02947

Genesis REOC Company, LLC, et al., Respondents, v. Stuart Poppel et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant.

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

Decided May 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, Hawthorne ( Gregory R. Bennett of counsel), for Stuart Poppel and Poppel Law LLC, appellants.

The Law Office of Edward Copeland, New York ( Edward Copeland of counsel), for Charles Williams and Peckar & Abramson PC, appellants.

Ressler & Ressler, New York ( Ellen R. Werther of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Friedman, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


Defendants' argument that the amended complaint does not allege facts sufficient to establish an attorney/client relationship is unavailing, given the affidavits by plaintiffs' principal, Andrew Stone, submitted in opposition to defendants' motions, describing the parties' relationship and defendants' agreement to represent plaintiffs (see Rushaid v Pictet & Cie, 28 N.Y.3d 316, 327 [2016]). Nor is it dispositive that plaintiffs...

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