MURPHY v. MOORESVILLE MILLS


132 N.J. Super. 197 (1975)

333 A.2d 273

KELLY MURPHY, AN INFANT BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, HAROLD MURPHY AND HAROLD MURPHY, INDIVIDUALLY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. MOORESVILLE MILLS, A DIVISION OF BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., SAM LANDORF & CO., INC. DOING BUSINESS AS YOUNGLAND VENTURES, INC., AND BAMBERGER'S NEW JERSEY, A DIVISION OF R.H. MACY & CO., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, v. MOORESVILLE MILLS, A DIVISION OF BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stephen S. Weinstein, attorney for appellants (Mr. Herbert M. Korn on the brief).

No brief was filed for respondents.

Before Judges HALPERN, CRAHAY and ACKERMAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CRAHAY, J.A.D.

This appeal is addressed to the propriety of counsel fee in a tort action in which a substantial settlement was procured for a seriously injured infant and her guardian ad litem.

Following a hearing approving the settlement plaintiffs' counsel moved before the assignment judge for determination of a reasonable fee pursuant to R. 1:21-7(f). The application was for a fee representing 30%...

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