| Matter of Karim v Raju |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 02461 [193 AD3d 592] |
| April 22, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Syed Aftab Karim, M.D., F.A.A.N.S.,
Appellant, v Ramanathan Raju, M.D., et al., Respondents. |
Eisenberg & Schnell LLP, New York (Herbert Eisenberg and Julian R. Birnbaum of counsel), for appellant.
Garfunkel Wild, P.C., Great Neck (Leonard Rosenberg of counsel), for respondents.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Andrew Borrok, J.), entered January 21, 2020, which, inter alia, granted defendants' cross motion for sanctions, unanimously reversed, on the facts, without costs, and the cross motion denied.
Plaintiff's motion, while ultimately unsuccessful, was not frivolous and therefore did not warrant sanctions (22 NYCRR 130-1.1 [c] [1], [2]). Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Singh, Moulton, JJ. [Prior Case History: 2020 NY Slip Op 30134(U).]