Robertson v United Equities, Inc.
2009 NY Slip Op 03149 [61 AD3d 838]
April 21, 2009
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, June 10, 2009


Robert Robertson et al., Appellants,
v
United Equities,Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants.

[*1]Regina Felton, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellants.

Goldberg Weprin & Ustin LLP, New York, N.Y. (Matthew Hearle of counsel), forrespondent.

In an action, inter alia, to set aside a deed conveying certain real property, the plaintiffsappeal from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schack, J.), dated August 31,2007, and (2) an amended order of the same court dated September 25, 2007, which directed ahearing to aid in the disposition of the motion of the defendant United Equities, Inc., which wasfor an award of an attorney's fee and to impose a sanction against the plaintiffs and/or theirattorney, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.1, and, sua sponte, directed dismissal of the complaintinsofar as asserted against the defendant United Equities, Inc.

Ordered that the appeals are dismissed, with one bill of costs payable to the respondent.

The appeal from the order dated August 31, 2007, must be dismissed, as that order wassuperseded by the amended order dated September 25, 2007 (see Ricuarte v 45th St. Bake Corp., 35 AD3d 579, 579 [2006]).

The appeal from so much of the amended order as directed a hearing to aid in the dispositionof the motion of the defendant United Equities, Inc., which was for an award of an attorney's feeand to impose a sanction against the plaintiffs and/or their attorney, pursuant to 22 NYCRR130-1.1, is not appealable as of right, as it did not determine that motion and did not affect asubstantial right (see CPLR 5701 [a] [2] [v]; [c]; Youngquist v Youngquist, 44 AD3d 1034, 1035 [2007]), and leaveto appeal [*2]has not been granted from that portion of theamended order.

Furthermore, the appeal from so much of the amended order as, sua sponte, directeddismissal of the complaint insofar as asserted against the defendant United Equities, Inc., is notappealable as of right, as it did not decide a motion made upon notice (see CPLR 5701[a] [2]; [c]; Consolidated Resources,LLC v 210-220-230 Owner's Corp., 59 AD3d 579 [2009]), and leave to appeal has notbeen granted from that portion of the amended order. Skelos, J.P., Fisher, Miller and Eng, JJ.,concur. [See 16 Misc 3d 1132(A), 2007 NY Slip Op 51671(U).]


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