A state appeals court yesterday tossed all of embattled Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond’s rulings in a civil case involving JPMorgan Chase, finding she failed to disclose her financial ties to the banking giant.
“Justice Diamond should have recused herself from the case, or else at a minimum, disclosed her interest to the parties in order to give them an opportunity to waive her disqualification,” the Appellate Division ruling says. “Because Justice Diamond failed to follow this course . . . the orders appealed are null and void.”
The case involved a suit by Anthony DeRosa, who uncovered Diamond’s ties to the bank – including stock ownership – after she ruled against him in his battle to stop the bank from foreclosing on his apartment.