Case Name: Helen C. Greene, Respondent, v. Theodore J. Greene, Individually and as a Partner of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine & Underberg, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. Norman R. Grutman et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-07-13
Citations: 64 A.D.2d 558
Docket Number: 
Parties: Helen C. Greene, Respondent, v Theodore J. Greene, Individually and as a Partner of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine & Underberg, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. Norman R. Grutman et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 558–558

Head Matter:
Helen C. Greene, Respondent, v Theodore J. Greene, Individually and as a Partner of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine & Underberg, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants. Norman R. Grutman et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on February 22, 1978, affirmed for the reasons stated by Hughes, J. Plaintiff-respondent shall recover of appellants $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal. Concur—Fein, Sandler and Sullivan, JJ.; Kupferman, J. P. and Birns, J. dissent in the following memorandum by Kupferman, J. P.: I dissent and would reverse and grant the motion. My determination assumes, of course, the good faith of the third-party defendants-respondents. However, I do not believe that a partner in a law firm may, after leaving the firm, accept as a client one who previously was represented by the law firm and now, among other things, brings suit against them. (Cardinale v Golinello, 43 NY2d 288; Rotante v Lawrence Hosp., 46 AD2d 199; Consolidated Theatres v Warner Bros. Circuit Mgt. Corp., 216 F2d 920; cf. Cinema 5 v Cinerama, Inc., 528 F2d 1384; see, also, The Unfortunate Lawyer—Counsel on the Ropes in the Second Circuit, Bronx Bar Advocate, vol 22, No. 3, May-June 1975, p 71.)