Legal Opinion
Greenough v. Deblinger
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 10, 1975PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCharles H. Cohen, J.
This application is made pursuant to Workmen’s Compensation Law (§227, subd 1, as amd by L 1975, ch 190, § 2, eff June 10, 1975), upon plaintiff Helen Greenough securing a recovery by settlement in this action to recover damages for personal injuries. The application seeks, in the words of the amendment, "an order apportioning the reasonable and necessary expenditures, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in effecting such recovery”. The amendment further declares that "Such expenditures shall be equitably apportioned by the court between the employee and the lienor”.
In August, 1975, this…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Claim of Schmidt v. Wolf Contracting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
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