Ramirez v. Willow Ridge Country Club, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barbara R. Kapnick, J.), entered on or about July 30, 2007, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted plaintiffs former counsel’s motion for a statutory lien for legal fees and disbursements, unanimously modified, on the law, and that portion of the motion granted only to the extent of directing a hearing on the issue of entitlement to legal fees and disbursements, to be held on 30 days’ notice by former or present counsel for plaintiff, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The underlying personal injury action sought damages…