Margolin v. Grossman

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered April 24, 1998, which, in an action by an attorney against other attorneys to recover fees claimed owing in connection with five lawsuits in which plaintiff acted “of counsel” to defendants, denied defendants’ motion for a protective order and granted plaintiffs cross motion to compel disclosure, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Since plaintiff contests defendants’ position that, as per their agreement, plaintiff in fact received 50% of the amounts received by defendants from their clients for the five matters in question,…