ALBANY – Declaring that seven years is long enough for a case to go to trial, a state judge denied an attorney’s request to withdraw as counsel for a family in an impending wrongful death trial because the lawyer does not think it is his responsibility to be “fronting” $20,000 for expert witness fees.
Court of Claims Judge Stephen J. Mignano ( See Profile) has ruled that attorney Stephen R. Krawitz is misinterpreting the wording of his retainer agreement with the guardians of 7-year-old Kiana Wilson. Plaintiffs Cheryl Diane McCord and Frank McCord are suing the state for negligence in the girl’s drowning death in 2001 at the Harriman State Park in Orange and Rockland counties.
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