HSBC BANK USA, N.A., MTR. OF

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 620 CA 11-01691 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, AND LINDLEY, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 21, 1957, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, GRANTOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUE OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX, III FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 21, 1957 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. ------------------------------------------------- OPINION AND ORDER HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT; W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, AND DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR H. KNOX, V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) ------------------------------------------------- IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF W.A. READ KNOX, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AND JEAN R. KNOX AND HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTH OF THE WILL OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX, III, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF JEAN R. KNOX (MARITAL TRUST) FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 3, 1996 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. ------------------------------------------------- HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT; JEAN R. KNOX, W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX AND HELEN KEILHOLTZ, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS. (PROCEEDING NO. 2.) ------------------------------------------------- IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AND SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AS TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 23, 1975 AND RESTATED AUGUST 15, 1990 FOR THE BENEFIT OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, ET AL., SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, GRANTOR FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 23, 1975 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. ------------------------------------------------- HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT; SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, OBJECTANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 3.) -2- 620 CA 11-01691 (APPEAL NO. 1.) HARRIS BEACH PLLC, BUFFALO (RICHARD T. SULLIVAN OF COUNSEL), AND BLAIR & ROACH, TONAWANDA, FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. DONALD G. MCGRATH, PLLC, WILLIAMSVILLE (DONALD G. MCGRATH OF COUNSEL), AND DUKE, HOLZMAN, PHOTIADIS & GRESENS LLP, BUFFALO, FOR OBJECTANTS- RESPONDENTS W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, AND JEAN R. KNOX. HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (DANIEL C. OLIVERIO OF COUNSEL), FOR OBJECTANT-RESPONDENT DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR H. KNOX, V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX. Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Erie County (Barbara Howe, S.), entered March 10, 2011. The order granted objectants’ motions for guardian ad litem fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses. It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs. Same Opinion by SCUDDER, P.J., as in HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Knox ([appeal No. 2] ___ AD3d ___ [June 19, 2012]). Entered: June 19, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court