Case Name: Laszlo N. Tauber, Appellant, v. Bankers Trust Company, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-07-06
Citations: 95 N.Y.2d 848
Docket Number: 
Parties: Laszlo N. Tauber, Appellant, v Bankers Trust Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 95
Pages: 848–848

Head Matter:
Laszlo N. Tauber, Appellant, v Bankers Trust Company, Respondent.
Submitted May 22, 2000;
decided July 6, 2000

Opinion:
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon the ground that the order sought to be appealed from does not finally determine the action within the meaning of the Constitution. The judgment affirmed by the Appellate Division purports to expressly sever a determined part of the second counterclaim from the pending portion of that counterclaim. The Court of Appeals will not give effect to a severance which splits a single cause of action (see, Burke v Crosson, 85 NY2d 10, 18, n 5; Sontag v Sontag, 66 NY2d 554, 555).