As an incident to this application to compromise a wrongful death action and settle the administratrix' account, the petitioner's attorneys seek a court determination as to the allowable amount of their fees, and the applicability of Judiciary Law § 474-a (1), which mandates a reduced schedule of contingent fees "in any claim or action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice".
The decedent died on June 9, 1986, as...
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