Legal Opinion
Pessoni v. Rabkin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 30, 1995PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., David B. Jacobs, the plaintiffs’ former attorney, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (I. Aronin, J.), dated May 24, 1994, which denied his motion for a hearing to determine his quantum-meruit share of the attorneys’ fees generated by settlement of the action and, in effect, denied him a share of the fees.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the appellant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly denied the appellant a share of the legal fees earned by settlement of the claims of Pamela…
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