In re the Estate of Castiglia

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lee L. Holzman, J.

In this proceeding decedent’s spouse seeks permission to remove the restrictions contained in her limited letters of administration so that she may receive the settlement proceeds from a cause of action arising from personal injuries sustained by decedent on May 20, 1985. Counsel for petitioner requests a larger legal fee than the Surrogate’s Court, Bronx County, held in 1981 in Matter of Purtill (111 Misc 2d 916) *612was permissible under the spirit of the Workers’ Compensation Law. The Purtill holding was followed in Matter of Racz (114 Misc 2d 146; but…