Gobin v Ruvinsky
Motion No: 2013-04819
Slip Opinion No: 2013 NY Slip Op 90951(U)
Decided on November 12, 2013
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M165147

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WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SHERI S. ROMAN

ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.

2013-04819

Vanessa Gobin, respondent,

v Yakov Ruvinsky, et al., appellants,

et al., defendant.

(Index No. 3282/11)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

The defendants Yakov Ruvinsky and Runone Corp. having appealed to this Court from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated February 22, 2013, this Court noticed the matter for a CAMP conference on June 24, 2013, and counsel for the respondent failed to appear at the conference without excuse. By order to show cause dated July 1, 2013, counsel for the parties were directed to show cause why an order should or should not be made and entered imposing such sanctions as the Court may deem appropriate pursuant to 22 NYCRR 670.4(b)(2) upon Harmon, Linder & Rogowsky, counsel for the respondent.

Now, upon the order to show cause and the papers filed in response thereto, it is

ORDERED that within 20 days of service upon it of a copy of this decision and order on motion, Harmon, Linder & Rogowsky, counsel for the respondent, is directed to pay a sanction in the sum of $250 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 her designee, is directed to serve counsel for the parties with a copy of this decision and order on motion by regular mail; and it is further,

ORDERED that within 10 days after payment of the sanction, Harmon, Linder & Rogowsky shall file proof of payment with the Clerk of this Court.

Pursuant to 22 NYCRR 670.4(b)(2), "[a]ny attorney or party who, without good cause, fails to appear for a regularly scheduled preargument conference . . . shall be subject to the imposition of such costs and/or sanctions as the [C]ourt may direct." Harmon, Linder & Rogowsky, counsel for the respondent, failed to appear for a regularly scheduled CAMP conference, without good cause. Accordingly, we determine that a sanction in the amount set forth above is appropriate (see 22 NYCRR 670.4[b][2]).

MASTRO, J.P., AUSTIN, ROMAN and MILLER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court