Legal Opinion
Wargo v. Longo
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1976PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarold J. Hughes, J.
This is a motion by the plaintiff, pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, for an order apportioning the reasonable and necessary expenditures incurred by the plaintiff in an action in which he obtained a verdict of $4,250 against a third party other than his employer.
Chapter 190 of the Laws of 1975 amended section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law to provide for the equitable apportionment of the reasonable and necessary expenditures, including attorneys’ fees, between the employee and any carrier which has a lien on the proceeds of the recovery by the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Koutrakos v. Long Island College HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- Greenough v. DeblingerCivil Court of the City of New York · 1975
- Rice v. Bankers Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1975
- Short v. ThygiesenNew York Supreme Court · 1975
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