Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and matter remitted to Special Term for the fixation of the outgoing attorneys' fee after a testimonial hearing in accordance herewith.
The outgoing attorneys were discharged after they had obtained an offer of settlement of this infant's personal injury action in the sum of $250,000, the full amount of the defendants' insurance coverage, because they refused to institute a malpractice action against the Good Samaritan...
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