Legal Opinion
Breidbart v. Wiesenthal
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 14, 2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to compel partnership accountings *767and a distribution of partnership assets, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kurtz, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated May 14, 2012, which, after a hearing, granted the motion of nonparty Marshall G. Kaplan, the plaintiffs’ former attorney, to establish a charging lien pursuant to Judiciary Law § 475 in the sum of $81,354.52.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
An attorney discharged without cause may recover the reasonable value of his or her services in quantum meruit (see Matter of Cohen v…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cohen v. Grainger, Tesoriero & BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
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- Padilla v. SansivieriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Juste v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Schultz v. HughesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
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