Mason v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Geoffrey D. Wright, J.), entered January 27, 2012, which, following an evidentiary hearing, found that respondent/cross-petitioner-respondent Michael Strohbehn was not discharged for cause and is entitled to receive a quantum meruit attorney’s fee in the amount of $109,425.39, unanimously modified, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent that the quantum merit at*595torney’s fee is reduced to $72,220, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The hearing court’s determination, based largely on its assessment of the credibility of the…