Legal Opinion
Di Meglio v. Hartford Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1982PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Hyman, J.
In this application by petitioner, John Di Meglio, for an order equitably apportioning such expenditures and attorney’s fees incurred in effecting his third-party recovery pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 29 of the Workers’ Compensation Law, the issue to be determined is whether the compensation carrier’s release , from future liability effected by the employee’s successful prosecution of the underlying tort action constitutes a benefit upon which the apportionment of attorney’s fees may be based.
Petitioner had been injured in the course of his…
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- O'CONNOR v. Lee-Hy Paving Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1979
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