MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY V VAN DEWATER & VAN DEWATER, LLP .
Motion No: CA 23-01999 and CA 24-00012
Slip Opinion No: 2024 NY Slip Op 65678(U)
Decided on April 10, 2024
Appellate Division, Fourth 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.


April 10, 2024

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.

CA 23-01999 and CA 24-00012

MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, PLAINTIFF,

V

VAN DEWATER & VAN DEWATER, LLP, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.



VAN DEWATER & VAN DEWATER, LLP, JEFFREY S. BATTISONI, ESQ.,

AND DANIELLE E. STRAUCH, ESQ., THIRD-PARTY

PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,

V

THE TOWN LAW FIRM, P.C., AND JAMES T. TOWNE, JR., ESQ.,

THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 1.)

MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUSTCOMPANY, PLAINTIFF,

V

VAN DEWATER & VAN DEWATER, LLP, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

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VAN DEWATER & VAN DEWATER, LLP, JEFFREY S. BATTISONI, ESQ.,

AND DANIELLE E. STRAUCH, ESQ., THIRD-PARTY

PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,

V

THE TOWNE LAW FIRM, P.C., AND JAMES T. TOWNE, JR., ESQ.,

THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 2.)


Third-party defendants-appellants having moved for a calendar preference in the appeals taken herein from orders of the Supreme Court, Erie County, entered October 12, 2023,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is denied.

Entered: April 10, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court