Speken v. Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sherry Klein Heitler, J.), entered on or about April 12, 2000, which, in a wrongful death action based on medical malpractice, insofar as appealed from, declared the retainer agreement between plaintiff Dr. Speken and Claire Pare, Esq. to be invalid, and referred the issue of whether Pare is entitled to a fee based on quantum meruit to a Special Referee, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs’ son died allegedly as a result of defendants’ medical malpractice. Defendants counterclaimed for indemnification and contribution against one of the…