ABREU v. FERRER


239 A.D.2d 249 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 12

Adelaide Abreu, Respondent, v. Francis P. Ferrer, Jr., as Preliminary Executor of Francis Ferrer, Also Known as Francis P. Ferrer, Deceased, Defendant. Michael Cook, Nonparty Appellant; Norman E. Frowley, Nonparty Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 15, 1997


The subject retainer agreement, a standard Blumberg form that speaks only of prosecuting or adjusting a claim for personal injuries without mention of appeals, is unclear as to whether it was to terminate upon entry of an adverse judgment, as appellant argues, or was to persist through conclusion of the matter, including appeal, as plaintiff client urges (Shaw v Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., 68 N.Y.2d 172, 177). In such event...

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