Capizzi v. Brown Chiari LLP

2021 NY Slip Op 02957

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: May 7, 2021
• Docket: 1029 CA 19-02042
• Status: Published

Opinion

Capizzi v Brown Chiari LLP (2021 NY Slip Op 02957)

Capizzi v Brown Chiari LLP

2021 NY Slip Op 02957

Decided on May 7, 2021

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on May 7, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., LINDLEY, NEMOYER, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

1029 CA 19-02042

[*1]SAMUEL J. CAPIZZI, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

v

BROWN CHIARI LLP, JAMES E. BROWN AND DONALD P. CHIARI, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

RUPP BAASE PFALZGRAF CUNNINGHAM LLC, BUFFALO (R. ANTHONY RUPP, III, OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS BROWN CHIARI LLP AND DONALD P. CHIARI.

HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (BENJAMIN M. ZUFFRANIERI, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT JAMES E. BROWN.

WEBSTER SZANYI LLP, BUFFALO (KEVIN A. SZANYI OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Timothy J. Walker, A.J.), entered October 15, 2019. The judgment, insofar as appealed from, declared that the law firm of Brown Chiari LLP dissolved upon plaintiff's resignation.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Capizzi v Brown Chiari LLP ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [May 7, 2021] [4th Dept 2021]).

Entered: May 7, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court