In re the Estate of Stevens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Cardona, P. J.
Appeal from that part of an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Chemung County (Castellino, S.), entered September 18, 1997, which found that Sayles, Evans, Brayton, Palmer & Tifft was not entitled to share in any portion of the contingent fees received from the settlement of three underlying actions.
In October 1992, four members of petitioner’s family were involved in a single-car accident while traveling on State Route 17 in the Town of Windsor, Broome County. Petitioner’s father, mother and a sister were killed in the rollover accident. Petitioner’s youngest sister survived,…
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