Rebello v. City of New York

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David Saxe, J.), entered April 30, 1987, which apportioned attorneys’ fees between Baron & Vesel, P. C. as incoming attorney and Emil M. Sanchez, Esq., as outgoing attorney by awarding the latter 10% of the contingent fee recovered in the action, is unanimously modified, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of increasing the outgoing attorney’s fee to 20% of the contingent fee recovered, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The action was brought against the City of New York and resulted in a jury award to the…