Rinzler v. New York City Transit Authority

Motions have been made herein for the apportionment among various claimants of the proceeds of settlement effected between the plaintiff and the defendant in the within personal injury negligence action and for an appropriate order distributing the same.

The total sum of the liens being asserted exceeds the $5,000 proceeds which has been held by the defendant since the action was settled on October 1,1959.

No claim against the proceeds is being made by either the plaintiff or the defendant. In fact, plaintiff was adjudicated a bankrupt upon a voluntary petition filed subsequent to the date of…