Legal Opinion
Flynn v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ira Gammerman, J.
The court, sua sponte, recalls its decision of September 10, 1998, and renders the following decision.
In my fourth opinion dealing with CPLR articles 50-A and 50-B, Taromina v Presbyterian Hosp. (171 Misc 2d 618, revd on other grounds 242 AD2d 505), I discussed the misinterpretation of the Court of Appeals decision in Rohring v City of Niagara Falls (84 NY2d 60) by the trial court in Silvestri v Smallberg (165 Misc 2d 827). In Silvestri, the trial court double discounted by deducting the attorney’s fee from the discounted award and then dividing that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rohring v. City of Niagara FallsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Schultz v. Harrison Radiator Division General Motors Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Rohring v. City of Niagara FallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Caruso v. Russell P. LeFrois Builders, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Buckley v. National Freight, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Reed v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Paek v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Gravatt v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
- Paek v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006