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MATTER OF HEIGHT v. HICKSVILLE FIRESTONE DEALER STORE, INC.

35 N.Y.2d 692 (1974)

In the Matter of the Claim of James Height, Claimant, v. Hicksville Firestone Dealer Store, Inc. et al., Respondents. Lewis Herman, Appellant; Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Herman, appellant pro se.

Edward L. Milde for Hicksville Firestone Dealer Store, Inc. and another, respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN, STEVENS and WITMER concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the matter remitted to the Appellate Division for remand to the Workmen's Compensation Board with directions to grant the appellant's application.

Appellant's fee for legal services was approved by the board and therefore became a lien upon the compensation award (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 24). An attorney's lien attaches...

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