OLSON v. CITY OF NEW YORK


257 A.D.2d 653 (1999)

682 N.Y.S.2d 910

RUSSELL OLSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant, BARASCH & McGARRY, P. C., Nonparty Appellant, and SULLIVAN & LIAPAKIS, P. C., Nonparty Respondent.

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

Decided January 25, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court arrived at an apportionment of the attorney's fee in this action after conducting a hearing at which it had ample opportunity to evaluate the evidence and assess the credibility of the witnesses, as well as to consider the experience and background of counsel and the quantity, quality, and effectiveness of the legal work performed (see, Cody v O'Neill, 116 A.D.2d 616

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