TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, plf-res, v. THE ESTATE OF DARNLEY DECOSTA C/O SYDNEY GORDON, ETC., def-ap, LAWRENCE BENNETT def-res

11624N. TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, plf-res, v. THE ESTATE OF DARNLEY DECOSTA C/O SYDNEY GORDON, ETC., def-ap, LAWRENCE BENNETT def-res — [AND A THIRD-PARTY ACTION] Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., New York (Paul N. Gruber of counsel), for ap — Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York (Labe C. Feldman of counsel), for Tower Insurance Company of New York, res — Jeffrey I. Schwimmer, New York, for Bennett res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered November 13, 2012, which, inter alia, denied appellants' motion seeking the appointment of a guardian ad litem (GAL) for Sydney Gordon, without prejudice to seeking such relief pursuant to Article 81 of Mental Hygiene Law, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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11624N. TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, plf-res, v. THE ESTATE OF DARNLEY DECOSTA C/O SYDNEY GORDON, ETC., def-ap, LAWRENCE BENNETT def-res — [AND A THIRD-PARTY ACTION] Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., New York (Paul N. Gruber of counsel), for ap — Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York (Labe C. Feldman of counsel), for Tower Insurance Company of New York, res — Jeffrey I. Schwimmer, New York, for Bennett res — Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered November 13, 2012, which, inter alia, denied appellants’ motion seeking the appointment of a guardian ad litem (GAL) for Sydney Gordon, without prejudice to seeking such relief pursuant to Article 81 of Mental Hygiene Law, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

As an initial matter, the court did not neglect to consider appellants’ application for a GAL pursuant to CPLR 1201, but expressly denied the motion. The court properly denied the motion, without a hearing, as appellants’ moving papers were insufficient to make a prima facie demonstration of the need for the appointment of a GAL for Sydney Gordon (see Roach v. Benjamin, 78 AD3d 468 [1st Dept 2010]; Urban Pathways v. Lublin, 227 AD2d 186 [1st Dept 1996]).

TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, plf-res, v. THE ESTATE OF DARNLEY DECOSTA C/O SYDNEY GORDON, ETC., def-ap, LAWRENCE BENNETT def-res

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