MATTER OF DORRIS

File No. 17/3673A. Appeal No. 16020. Case No. 2021-03594.

205 A.D.3d 630 (2022)

169 N.Y.S.3d 607

2022 NY Slip Op 03460

In the Matter of the Estate of E. Lowell Dorris, Deceased. Benjamin Robinson, Respondent, and Maurie O'Neill et al., Appellants, v. Luis Freddy Molano, Respondent.

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

Decided May 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyers Tersigni Feldman & Gray LLP, Purchase ( Anthony L. Tersigni of counsel), for appellants.

Quatela Chimeri PLLC, Hauppauge ( Christopher J. Chimeri of counsel), for Benjamin Robinson, respondent.

Andrew M. Krisel , Brooklyn, for Luis Freddy Molano, respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kapnick, Shulman, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.


Surrogate's Court properly granted the motion for summary judgment dismissing the objections, on the ground of undue influence, to probate of the decedent's will (see Matter of Halpern, 76 A.D.3d 429, 431 [1st Dept 2010], affd 16 N.Y.3d 777 [2011]). Petitioner, who was the long-time counsel to the decedent, E. Lowell Dorris, testified that the decedent was alert and fully capable of stating...

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