VALE v. HEITNER


90 Misc.2d 921 (1977)

Lena Vale, Formerly Known as Lena Barragato, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Charles Barragato, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Solomon Heitner et al., Defendants.

Civil Court of City of New York, New York County.

July 7, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon Heitner, defendant pro se. Evans, Orr, Pacelli, Norton & Laffan, P. C. (William J. Regan of counsel), for codefendants.


FELICE K. SHEA, J.

In this action, Solomon Heitner, an attorney, has cross-claimed against trial counsel to whom he forwarded a negligence case, seeking damages for attorney's fees lost by reason of codefendants' alleged malpractice.

The facts of the underlying action were not disputed at trial where no evidence was presented on behalf of codefendants. Plaintiff Vale was a passenger in a bus accident which occurred in 1964. She retained Heitner...

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