10 11 12 13 14 15 16 a7 18 19 20 aL 22 23 24 25 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS: TRIAL TERM PART COMM T WILMOS FRIEDMAN, HERMAN KAHAN, ZIGMOND BRACH, JOSE MASRI, ERVIN ROSNER, MORRIS FRIEDMAN, JOSEPH EPSTEIN, HERMAN LANDAU, MOSES SPIELMAN and ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, Plaintiffs, INDEX NUMBER: ~ against - 33481/2008 CYL CEMETERY INC., CONGREGATION YETEV LEV D'SATMAR, INC., CHEVRE KADISHA D'SATMAR, A DIVISION OF CONGREGATION YETEV LEV D'SATMAR, INC., CONGREGATION YETEV LEV D'SATMAR OF KIRYAS JOEL, INC., CENTRAL CONGREGATION YETEV LEV D'SATMAR, INC., RABBI EZRIEL GLUCK, JOSEPH WEISS, MOSES WITRIOL, DAVID MARKOWITZ, CHAIM E. LIEZEF GROSS, JOEL KAUFMAN, DAVID BKSTEIN, ELIAS HOROWITZ, AND SHLOMO WERTZBERGER, , Defendant. wee ee ee ee ee ee eee eee eek 360 Adams Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 January 30, 2009 PROCEEDINGS BEFORE: HONORABLE CAROLYN DEMAREST, Justice APPEARANCES: HERZFELD & RUBIN, PC Attorneys for the Plaintiff 40 Wall Street New York, New York 10005 BY: DAVID B. HAMM, ESQ., Of Counsel EDWARD RUBIN, ESQ., Attorney for the Defendant (Cong. Yetev Lev) 444 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10024 nam10 a 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1g 20 21 22 23 24 25 APPEARANCES CONTINUED: ISRAEL VIDER, BSQ., Attorney for the Defendant (Cong. Yetev Lev) Chase Manhattan Building 1507 Avenue M Brooklyn, New York 11230 FISHER & FISHER, ESQS., Attorneys for the Defendants (CYL Cemetery, Cong. Yetev Lev, Burial Society, Central Cong. Yetev Lev, Joseph Weiss, David Markowitz, Chaim E. Gross, Joel Kaufman, Elias Horowitz, Shlomo wWertzberger) One Whitehall street New York, New York 10004 BY: ANDREW S. FISHER, ESQ.& GEFFREY D. BUSS, ESQ. TARSHIS, CATANIA, LIBERTH, MAHON & MILLIORAM, PLLC Attorneys for the Defendant (Cong. Kiryas Joel) One Worwin Court PO Box 1479 Newburgh, New York 12550 BY: RICHARD M, MAHON, II, ESQ. PAYKIN, MAHON, ROONEY & KRIEG, LLP Attorneys for the Defendant (Bzriel Gluck) 185 Nadison Avenue, 10th Floor New York, New York 10016 BY: GAMES KLATSKY, ESQ., Of Counsel, NANCY A. MESSANO Official Court Reporter nam10 a 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 Proceedings 3 COURT CLERK: On the motion calendar, commercial part, numbers 2,°3 and 4, Friedman, et al., versus CYL Cemetery Inc Counsel, please step up to the tables. Index 33481 of 2008. MR. HAMM: David Hamm, law firm of Herzfeld and Rubin and I am here on behalf of the plaintiffs. MR. RUBIN: Edward Rubin and my colleague is Israel vider. Both here on behalf of the defendant Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar. MR. VIDER: Israel Vider, V-I-D-E-R. Co-counsel for Yetev Lev D'Satmar THE COURT: Okay. For the congregation? MR. RUBIN: Correct. MR. BUSS: Good morning, Your Honor. Jeffrey D. Buss, I along with Andrew Fisher represent a number o: the defendants. We represent CYL Cemetery. We also represent Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Inc. however, just so it is not confusing to the record as Your Honor knows there are two factions within the congregation. We represent the Friedman faction. THE COURT: What do you mean by the Friedman faction? MR. BUSS: Your Honor, the case went to the nam