REUBENBAUM v. B. & H. EXPRESS


6 A.D.2d 47 (1958)

Samuel Reubenbaum, Respondent, v. B. & H. Express, Inc., et al., Defendants. Eugene L. Sugarman et al., Copartners Practicing Law under the Name of Sugarman, Kuttner & Fuss, Appellants; Glicker & Doynow, Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 27, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Sugarman of counsel, in person (Sugarman, Kuttner & Fuss, attorneys), for Eugene L. Sugarman and others, appellants.

Norman Roy Grutman of counsel (Grabow & Katz, attorneys), for respondents.

BOTEIN, P. J., FRANK, McNALLY and STEVENS, JJ., concur.


BREITEL, J.

In this personal injury negligence action there is a dispute between incoming and outgoing attorneys on the determination of the lien of the outgoing lawyers under the provisions of the Judiciary Law. The incoming attorneys insist that the fee of the outgoing lawyers be determined on a fixed dollar amount quantum meruit. The outgoing attorneys, on the other hand, assert their right to receive a contingent percentage

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