PROSKAUER ROSE LLP v. KOEPPEL


6 A.D.3d 174 (2004)

778 N.Y.S.2d 1

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP, Respondent, v. NANCY S. KOEPPEL et al., Appellants. In the Matter of PROSKAUER ROSE LLP, Respondent, v. NANCY S. KOEPPEL et al., Appellants, et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 1, 2004.


The law firm was properly held to have stated a cause of action for the legal fees incurred, pursuant to appellants' instructions, after the death of appellants' joint obligor on the retainer agreement (General Obligations Law § 15-106; see Schneider v Grubart, 143 A.D.2d 182, 183 [1988]; Matter of Gutchess, 117 A.D.2d 852, 853 [1986], lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 609 [1986]).

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