Tzanetatos v. Scott

In Tzanetatos v. Scott (240 AD2d 320 [1st Dept 1997]), defendant was the attorney for the sellers in a real estate transaction, where there was an escrow agreement. The First Department upheld denial of the attorney's motion to dismiss the purchaser's complaint where the attorney released the downpayment after receipt of the purchaser's notice of objection. (See id. at 320.)