Cremeen v. Cremeen

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered December 15, 1992, which sua sponte reduced the attorney’s fee paid to appellant by $11,000 and directed him to deliver a check made out in that amount to the offices of plaintiff’s new counsel, unanimously reversed and vacated, on the law, without costs.

The underlying action for personal injuries was settled by a *301compromise order entered on July 8, 1991. Appellant represented plaintiffs in that action, including infant plaintiff Amber Cremeen. Pursuant to the compromise order, a number of checks were to be issued, each…