Breier v. Government Employees Insurance

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered October 22, 1979, which awarded the plaintiffs attorneys’ fees as against the defendant Government Employees Insurance Company’s (GEICO) no-fault lien, unanimously reversed, on the law, to the extent appealed from and the complaint dismissed, without costs. Plaintiff Breier, injured in an accident, received no-fault benefits of some $20,000 from the defendant GEICO. She settled her negligence claim for $92,000, and GEICO claimed its lien on the proceeds of that settlement, which amount was held in escrow by the insurance company which settled…