| Wilkins v Wright |
| 2023 NY Slip Op 04845 [219 AD3d 1668] |
| September 29, 2023 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Donald E. Wilkins et al., Plaintiffs, v Steven Wright et al., Respondents. Main Street America Assurance Co., Nonparty Appellant. |
Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP, Elmsford (Daniel O. Dietchweiler of counsel), for Nonparty-appellant.
Anthony J. Villani, P.C., Lyons (Anthony J. Villani of counsel), for defendants-respondents.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Wayne County (Daniel G. Barrett, A.J.), entered February 9, 2022. The order recused a law firm from its representation of defendant Steven Wright, doing business as SJW Construction, and directed Main Street America Assurance Co. to appoint independent counsel selected by defendant Steven Wright to appear and defend the case with the costs and reasonable attorney's fees to be borne by Main Street America Assurance Co.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs. Present—Whalen, P.J., Curran, Montour, Ogden and DelConte, JJ.