Legal Opinion
Brown v. Governele
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 9, 2006PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, nonparty Trief & Olk, the plaintiff’s current attorney, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lewis, J.), dated April 28, 2005, which granted its motion only to the extent of awarding it 60% of the net contingency fee in the action and awarding Harry I. Katz, P.C., the plaintiff’s former attorney, 40% of the net contingency fee in the action.
Ordered that the order is modified, on the facts and as a matter of discretion, by deleting the provision thereof granting the motion to the extent of awarding Trief & Olk 60% of…
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