Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M105346

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FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2010-02061 Josette Iannello, et al., respondents, v Marcelina Vazquez, et al., appellants, et al., defendants. (Index No. 21096/07)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

The defendants Marcelina Vazquez and Gloria Vazquez having appealed to this court from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated November 2, 2009, and this court having noticed the matter for a CAMP conference, and, Cascone & Kluepfel, LLP, counsel for the defendants Anthony Norberg and Anne Norberg, having failed to appear at the conference without excuse. By order to show cause dated May 26, 2010, counsel for the parties were directed to show cause why an order should or should not be made and entered imposing such sanctions upon counsel for Anthony and Anne Norberg as the court may deem appropriate pursuant to 22 NYCRR 670.4(b)(2).

Now, on the court's own motion and the papers filed in response to the order to show cause, it is

ORDERED that within 20 days of service upon it of a copy of this order, Cascone & Kluepfel, LLP, counsel for the defendants Anthony Norberg and Anne Norberg, is directed to pay a sanction in the sum of $500 to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this court, or his designee, is directed to serve counsel for the parties with a copy of this order; and it is further,

ORDERED that within 10 days after payment of the sanction, Cascone & Kluepfel, LLP, shall file proof of payment with the Clerk of this court.

SANTUCCI, J.P., DICKERSON, CHAMBERS and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court