Legal Opinion

Rondinelli v. Tetsuto Yabuki

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 5, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, David B. Jacobs, the former attorney for the plaintiff, appeals, on the grounds of inadequacy, from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), entered May 17, 1994, which set his legal fees prior to the disbursement of settlement funds.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The appellant contends that Judiciary Law § 475 grants him the right to recover the value of the legal services provided to the plaintiff in this action to recover damages for personal injuries, and that an evidentiary…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Major v. LearyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
  2. Ziprkowski v. GoodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Boddie-Willis v. MarzilianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Melendez v. BarbulescuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. DeLorenzo v. PerlmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. Analisa Salon, Ltd. v. Elide Properties, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. Tverskaya v. Avis Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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