Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Max Sakow, Deceased. Walter Sakow, as De Facto Executor of Max Sakow, Deceased, Respondent; Evelyn Breslaw et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-11-08
Citations: 45 A.D.3d 314
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Max Sakow, Deceased. Walter Sakow, as De Facto Executor of Max Sakow, Deceased, Respondent; Evelyn Breslaw et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 314–314

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Max Sakow, Deceased. Walter Sakow, as De Facto Executor of Max Sakow, Deceased, Respondent; Evelyn Breslaw et al., Appellants.
[845 NYS2d 39]

Opinion:
Order, Surrogate's Court of the State of New York, Bronx County (Lee L. Holzman, S.), entered November 16, 2005, which, to the extent appealed, denied objectants' cross motion to impose a surcharge against petitioner as the de facto fiduciary of the estate, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
As the damages trial of this matter was concluded, and the resulting order reviewed by this Court (see Matter of Sakow, 21 AD3d 849 [2005], lv denied 7 NY3d 706 [2006]), the doctrine of the law of the case precludes the grant of objectants' cross motion to surcharge petitioner for self-dealing (see generally People v Evans, 94 NY2d 499, 502-504 [2000]). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Marlow, Williams, Catterson and Kavanagh, JJ.