LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. BANK LEUMI TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK


256 A.D.2d 836 (1998)

682 N.Y.S.2d 470

LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. BANK LEUMI TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 17, 1998.


White, J.

Following his father's death in an automobile accident, Marcial Valentin, Jr. (hereinafter Valentin) retained the law firm of Schwartz, Gutstein & Associates (hereinafter SGA) to prosecute a wrongful death action. SGA successfully negotiated a settlement with defendant Progressive Insurance Company which forwarded to SGA a draft payable through defendant First National Bank of Ashland of the National City Bank in the amount of $47,500 that was payable...

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