Legal Opinion
Kussack v. Ring Construction Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 14, 1956PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, P. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court which directed an insurance carrier to pay an attorney’s fee from the proceeds of its lien against a verdict rendered in a third-party action brought by an injured employee.
In December, 1955 the plaintiff obtained a verdict in a third-party negligence action against the Ring Construction Corporation. At the time judgment was entered the New York Mutual Company had a lien of $1,399.99 against the proceeds of the judgment for compensation payments made to the plaintiff on behalf of his employer the Port Chester Electrical Company, Inc. The…
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