ALIAS v. OLAHANNAN


15 A.D.3d 424 (2005)

789 N.Y.S.2d 726

SUSAMMA ALIAS, Plaintiff, v. ALIAS K. OLAHANNAN, Appellant. KIM M. RAYNER, Nonparty Respondent.

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

February 14, 2005.


Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, by deleting therefrom the sum of $5,753.71 and substituting therefor the sum of $3,500; as so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

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