“Inference and innuendo” are not enough to disqualify law firm Castronovo & McKinney from representing a plaintiff in a suit against Care One, while the firm also represents a former employee fired by the company over documents related to discovery in the case, according to the Appellate Division.

In an unpublished opinion, the appeals court upheld a trial court ruling denying the senior care provider’s motion to disqualify law firm Castronovo & McKinney from representing the plaintiff in McCarthy v. Care One Management after the firm was retained by another former Care One employee to represent him in negotiating his severance package.