Fernandez v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.

—In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiffs former attorney, Nason & Cohen, P. C., appeals (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Le-Vine, J.), dated August 4, 1995, which, after a hearing, awarded Willard G. LaFauci, Esq., outgoing counsel to Nason & Cohen, P. C., (a) attorney’s fees in the principal sum of $7,500 in quantum meruit for the reasonable value of the services *545performed by LaFauci in this action, and (b) costs and disbursements of $1,075, and (2) from an order of the same court, dated January 31, 1996, which denied its motion (a) for…