Order modified by reducing the former attorneys' lien to 12½%. As so modified, order, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff's former attorneys had a 50% contingent retainer. Prior to the making of the motion for substitution, plaintiff's then trial counsel suggested that a reasonable lien would be 15% of the gross recovery and plaintiff's incoming attorney suggested 10% as a compromise between the 5% lien that he thought would be reasonable...
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