Baron & Gleich v. Epstein

In an action to recover legal fees for services rendered, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), dated August 4, 1989, which granted the motion of the defendants Epstein and Izmo Productions, Inc., to vacate a judgment in the amount of $68,816.71, entered by the clerk of the same court on January 18, 1989, against them, upon their default in answering.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In this long-standing dispute between attorney and client over fees for services rendered, the parties agreed that, because of settlement negotiations,…