Oberman v. Reilly

Supreme Court, New York County, entered February 22, 1978, unanimously affirmed. Defendants-respondents and third-party plaintiffs-respondents shall recover of appellant $75 costs and disbursements of this appeal. Plaintiff, as assignee, appeals from an order which denied her motion for summary judgment in this action to recover legal fees alleged to be improperly retained by defendants, who represented her in the underlying negligence action. Plaintiff had been injured in an automobile accident which occurred in August, 1969. Allegedly at the instance of Brian Oberman, an attorney who was…