Mazzarella v Syracuse Diocese
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Mazzarella v Syracuse Diocese
2012 NY Slip Op 07451
Released on November 9, 2012
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Released on November 9, 2012
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.
1020 CA 11-02536
[*1]JOHN MAZZARELLA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS FATHER OF FOUR MINOR CHILDREN OF AGES 5, 7, 9, AND 11, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v
SYRACUSE DIOCESE, BISHOP JAMES M. MOYNIHAN, BISHOP THOMAS J. COSTELLO AND FR. JOHN W. BRODERICK, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 3.)
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Brian F. DeJoseph, J.), entered July 18, 2011. The order directed the disclosure to plaintiff of certain documents after an in camera review.
JEFF ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES PA, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, THE ABBATOY LAW FIRM, PLLC, ROCHESTER (DAVID M. ABBATOY, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.
HANCOCK ESTABROOK, LLP, SYRACUSE (MAUREEN E. MANEY OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS SYRACUSE DIOCESE, BISHOP JAMES M. MOYNIHAN AND BISHOP THOMAS J. COSTELLO.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Released on November 9, 2012
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.
1020 CA 11-02536
[*1]JOHN MAZZARELLA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS FATHER OF FOUR MINOR CHILDREN OF AGES 5, 7, 9, AND 11, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v
SYRACUSE DIOCESE, BISHOP JAMES M. MOYNIHAN, BISHOP THOMAS J. COSTELLO AND FR. JOHN W. BRODERICK, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 3.)
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County (Brian F. DeJoseph, J.), entered July 18, 2011. The order directed the disclosure to plaintiff of certain documents after an in camera review.
JEFF ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES PA, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, THE ABBATOY LAW FIRM, PLLC, ROCHESTER (DAVID M. ABBATOY, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.
HANCOCK ESTABROOK, LLP, SYRACUSE (MAUREEN E. MANEY OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS SYRACUSE DIOCESE, BISHOP JAMES M. MOYNIHAN AND BISHOP THOMAS J. COSTELLO.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Same Memorandum as in Mazzarella v Syracuse Diocese ([appeal No. 2] ___ AD3d ___ [Nov. 9, 2012]).
Entered: November 9, 2012
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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