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RIZZI v. CITY OF NEW YORK

51 A.D.2d 906 (1976)

Catherine Rizzi, as Administratrix of The Estate of John Ricciardi, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. City of New York, Defendant City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Anchor Demolition Corp. et al., Third-Party Defendant. Catherine Rizzi et al., Appellants; and Schwartz & Weintraub, Respondent

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

March 4, 1976

In this wrongful death action, plaintiff retained the outgoing attorneys, Schwartz and Weintraub, under a contingent agreement executed on August 18, 1969 and on April 3, 1970. Subsequently, plaintiff's retained attorneys, in turn, retained trial counsel (Harold C. Fields, Esq.) without the permission, knowledge or consent of the plaintiff. It appears that other subretainers were also entered into. In June, 1975 an offer of settlement...

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