Glassberg v. All City Insurance

Plaintiff, an attorney, brings this action against a liability insurance carrier because the defendant “failed to honor plaintiff’s attorney’s lien on the proceeds of a settlement, but instead sent the entire settlement check ’ ’ to the plaintiff. The plaintiff was retained by his client to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of an auto accident which, it developed, was with an uninsured motorist. Plaintiff negotiated a $500 settlement with the defendant herein, his client’s carrier, under the uninsured motorist indorsement of his client’s policy.

Instead of making the check…