In re Nathan

This is a motion by petitioner, an attorney and counselor at law, instituted in reliance on section 475 of the Judiciary Law, for an order fixing his attorney’s lien upon the sum of $3,500, the amount of a settlement agreed upon by and between his client, one Laura J. Simpson, and the respondent, the city of New York, in connection with a claim made by said Laura J. Simpson against the city of New York for personal injuries. While the petitioner refers to his client as “ plaintiff ” and to the respondent as “ defendant,” this is a gratuitous designation, for the fact is that no action was…