Case Name: Joseph Iovino, Appellant, v. John Doe et al., Respondents. John T. Wissell, Jr., Nonparty Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-11-20
Citations: 277 A.D.2d 353
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Iovino, Appellant, v John Doe et al., Respondents. John T. Wissell, Jr., Nonparty Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 277
Pages: 353–353

Head Matter:
Joseph Iovino, Appellant, v John Doe et al., Respondents. John T. Wissell, Jr., Nonparty Respondent.
[716 NYS2d 599]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Lebowitz, J.), dated November 3, 1999, which awarded the nonparty, Pulvers Pulvers Thompson & Kutner, P. C., only 5% of the legal fee in this matter.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as the plaintiff is not aggrieved by the order (see, CPLR 5511).
Since the nonparty law firm did not file a notice of appeal on its own behalf but only on behalf of the nonaggrieved plaintiff, any attempt by that nonparty to prosecute the appeal on its own behalf is a nullity (see, Scopelliti v Town of New Castle, 92 NY2d 944). O'Brien, J. P., Sullivan, Krausman, Goldstein and Schmidt, JJ., concur.