CAPIZZI v. BROWN CHIARI LLP

896 CA 22-01096.

2024 NY Slip Op 00535

SAMUEL J. CAPIZZI, Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant, v. BROWN CHIARI LLP, DONALD P. CHIARI AND JAMES E. BROWN, Defendants-Appellants-Respondents.

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

Decided February 2, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RUPP PFALZGRAF LLC, BUFFALO ( R. ANTHONY RUPP, III , OF COUNSEL), AND HODGSON RUSS, LLP, FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS-RESPONDENTS.

WEBSTER SZANYI LLP, BUFFALO ( THOMAS S. LANE OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., MONTOUR, NOWAK, AND DELCONTE, JJ.


Appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Timothy J. Walker, A.J.), entered June 13, 2022. The judgment, inter alia, declared that plaintiff's equity interest in disputed files as of the date of his departure is 20%.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

After resigning from defendant law firm, Brown Chiari LLP (firm), which operated...

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