Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2000

Kliebert v. General Electric Co.

Kliebert v. General Electric Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 18, 2000
268 A.D.2d 306; 700 N.Y.S.2d 821; 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 464
Kliebert v. General Electric Co.

Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered June 3, 1998, in favor of defendants and against plaintiff in the amount of $60,000, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Appeal from order, same court (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered September 25, 1997, which denied plaintiffs motions to vacate his defaults in opposing defendants’ prior motions to dismiss the complaint, unanimously dismissed, without costs, such order already having been affirmed by this Court (254 AD2d 197).

The value of defendants’ attorneys’ services, which plaintiff was directed to pay as a sanction for frivolous conduct, was *307reasonably assessed at $60,000. Plaintiffs other arguments are without merit. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.

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