SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
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CA 11-01693
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.)
(APPEAL NO. 3.)
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, AND HELEN
KEILHOLTZ.
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 a statement for judgment of the Surrogate’s Court,
Erie County (Barbara Howe, S.), entered May 24, 2011. The statement
for judgment set forth the money damages for which petitioner is
liable.
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]).
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CA 11-01693
Entered: June 19, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court