Order modified, on the law, by deleting the third and fourth decretal paragraphs thereof, and substituting therefor a provision directing the petitioner to pay to the appellant one third of the total amount of attorneys' fees awarded in the settlement of both causes of action, together with interest from November 15, 1983. As so modified, order affirmed, with costs to the appellant.
"[T]he law is clear that an agreement between attorneys for division of a legal fee...
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