Pursuant to written agreements, defendant agreed to divide the recovery, if any, in various personal injury actions referred to defendant by plaintiff's decedent. It is well settled that such agreements will be upheld in accordance with their terms where the referring attorney "contributed some work, labor or service toward the earning of the fee" (Oberman v Reilly,
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