Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Rancich
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 22, 1995Published
1Opinion of the Court
—Yesawich Jr., J.
Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme Court (Relihan, Jr., J.), entered February 28, 1995 in Tompkins County, which granted the application of Holmberg, Galbraith, Holmberg & Orkin to determine and enforce its attorney’s lien.
*856Attorneys Holmberg, Galbraith, Holmberg & Orkin (hereinafter the firm) were originally hired, on a one-third contingency fee basis, to represent plaintiff in this action, in which he seeks to recover for losses sustained when fire damaged a commercial property he had leased from defendant. The action was discontinued after the parties executed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Solow v. W. R. Grace & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Dunn v. Hudson River Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Rosen v. RosenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. State University Constr. FundAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Rancich v. Cortland Co-Operative InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994