*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1074
CA 11-00176
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, GREEN, AND GORSKI, JJ. JUSTINE THOMPSON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
V ORDER MICHAEL COOPER, ESQ., STEPHEN BARNES, ESQ.,
INDIVIDUALLY AND DOING BUSINESS AS THE
BARNES FIRM AS SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO
CELLINO & BARNES, ROSS CELLINO, INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS A PARTNER IN THE LAW FIRM OF CELLINO &
BARNES AND CELLINO & BARNES,
DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
WILLIAMS & RUDDEROW, PLLC, SYRACUSE (MICHELLE ELLSWORTH RUDDEROW OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.
CELLINO & BARNES, P.C., BUFFALO (ELLEN B. STURM OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Gerald J.
Whalen, J.), entered October 14, 2010. The order granted the motion of defendants for summary judgment and dismissed the amended complaint.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court.
Entered: November 10, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan
Clerk of the Court