Dragutescu v. City of New York

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, Parker & Waichman, LLR and Michael S. Lamonsoff, the plaintiffs former attorneys, appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (O’Donoghue, J.), dated March 2, 2006, which, upon the settlement of the action and upon the application by Jonah Grossman, one of the plaintiffs current attorneys, for a division of attorneys’ fees, determined, after a hearing, that they had been discharged for cause and, therefore, were not entitled to any part of the attorneys’ fees.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Following the…