Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M88273

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

ROBERT A. SPOLZINO

PETER B. SKELOS, JJ.

2008-00688 George M. Hribar, as personal representative of the estate of Frank A. Lee, Jr., etc., et al., appellants, v Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., et al., respondents. (Action No. 1) George M. Hribar, as personal representative of the estate of Frank A. Lee, Jr., etc., et al., appellants, v Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., et al., respondents. (Action No. 2) (Index Nos. 009717/06, 016866/06)

DECISION & ORDER ON APPLICATION

Application by the appellants on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated December 7, 2007, to substitute (1) George M. Hribar, as personal representative of the estate of Frank A. Lee, Jr.; (2) George M. Hribar, as personal representative of the estate of Frank A. Lee, Jr., as general partner of the Lee Family Limited Partnership; (3) George Hribar, sole remaining trustee of (a) GST Trust F/B/O Alberto Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (b) Alberto Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (c) GST Trust F/B/O George Hribar III, dated December 20, 1989, (d) George Hribar III Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (e) GST Trust F/B/O Peter Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (f) Peter Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (g) GST Trust F/B/O Alexis Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (h) Alexis Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (i) Jane E. Lee Trust 1976 Trust Under Agreement dated November 24, 1976 (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E. Lee 1976 Succession Trust (F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije, (j) Trust Under Last Will and Testament of Jane E. Lee (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E. Lee 1971 Succession Trust F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije; (4) George M. Hribar, sole remaining trustee of (a) GST Trust F/B/O Alberto Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (b) Alberto Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (c) GST Trust F/B/O George Hribar III dated December 20, 1989, (d) George Hribar III Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (e) GST Trust F/B/O Peter Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (f) Peter Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (g) GST Trust F/B/O Alexis Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (h) Alexis Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (i) Jane E. Lee Trust 1976 Trust Under Agreement dated November 24, 1976 (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E. Lee 1976 Succession Trust (F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije), (j) Trust under Last Will and Testament of Jane E. Lee (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E Lee 1971 Succession Trust F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije; (5) Jack Sieburg- Lee, sole remaining trustee of (a) Frank Lee Grat F/B/O Jack Sieburg-Lee U/A dated July 1, 1995, (b) GST Trust F/B/O Kristina Sieburg-Lee dated December 20, 1989, (c) Kristina Sieburg-Lee Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (d) GST Trust F/B/O Paul Sieburg U/A dated December 20, 1989, (e) Paul Sieburg Annual Exclusion Trust U/A dated December 20, 1989, and (f) Trust dated January 7, 2004, by Frank A. Lee, Jr.; and (6) Regions Bank, d/b/a Morgan Keegan Trust and Brenda Van Der Mije, co-trustrees of the Frank A. Lee Grat F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije U/A dated July 1, 1995, for the deceased plaintiff Frank A. Lee, Jr., and to enlarge the time to perfect the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the application and no papers having been filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the application is granted and (1) George M. Hribar, as personal representative of the estate of Frank A. Lee, Jr.; (2) George M. Hribar, as personal representative of the estate of Frank A. Lee, Jr., as general partner of the Lee Family Limited Partnership, (3) George Hribar, sole remaining trustee of (a) GST Trust F/B/O Alberto Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (b) Alberto Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (c) GST Trust F/B/O George Hribar III, dated December 20, 1989, (d) George Hribar III Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (e) GST Trust F/B/O Peter Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (f) Peter Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (g) GST Trust F/B/O Alexis Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (h) Alexis Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (i) Jane E. Lee Trust 1976 Trust Under Agreement dated November 24, 1976 (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E. Lee 1976 Succession Trust (F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije), (j) Trust Under Last Will and Testament of Jane E. Lee (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E. Lee 1971 Succession Trust F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije; (4) George M. Hribar, sole remaining trustee of (a) GST Trust F/B/O Alberto Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (b) Alberto Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (c) GST Trust F/B/O George Hribar III dated December 20, 1989, (d) George Hribar III Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (e) GST Trust F/B/O Peter Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (f) Peter Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (g) GST Trust F/B/O Alexis Van Der Mije dated December 20, 1989, (h) Alexis Van Der Mije Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (i) Jane E. Lee Trust 1976 Trust Under Agreement dated November 24, 1976 (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E. Lee 1976 Succession Trust (F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije), (j) Trust under Last Will and Testament of Jane E. Lee (F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije), n/k/a Jane E Lee 1971 Succession Trust F/B/O Marie Brenda Van Der Mije; (5) Jack Sieburg- Lee, sole remaining trustee of (a) Frank Lee Grat F/B/O Jack Sieburg-Lee U/A dated July 1, 1995, (b) GST Trust F/B/O Kristina Sieburg-Lee dated December 20, 1989, (c) Kristina Sieburg-Lee Annual Exclusion Trust dated December 20, 1989, (d) GST Trust F/B/O Paul Sieburg U/A dated December 20, 1989, (e) Paul Sieburg Annual Exclusion Trust U/A dated December 20, 1989, and (f) Trust dated January 7, 2004, by Frank A. Lee, Jr.; and (6) Regions Bank, d/b/a Morgan Keegan Trust and Brenda Van Der Mije, co-trustrees of the Frank A. Lee Grat F/B/O Brenda Van Der Mije U/A dated July 1, 1995; are substituted for the deceased plaintiff Frank A. Lee, Jr., and the caption has been amended accordingly.

ORDERED that the appellants' time to perfect the appeal is enlarged until August 17, 2009, and the record or appendix on the appeal and the appellants' brief must be served and filed on or before that date.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SPOLZINO and SKELOS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court