Tm Ryan Co. v. 5350 South Shore, L.L.C.

South Shore, L.L.C. (South Shore), received $115,000 from its liability insurer to pay the costs of its underlying litigation. The law firm representing South Shore says it owns an attorney’s lien on $73,380 of the funds. The trial court held the lien was not perfected. The court found Ben A. Borenstein Co. (BABCO) was entitled to priority in the fund based on a prior judgment against South Shore in favor of BABCO. We affirm.

FACTS

In the underlying litigation, South Shore filed a series of amended complaints against BABCO for breach of contract and consumer fraud act violations. On December…