Judiciary Law § 474-a and CPLR 5031 (c) and (e) require a lump sum payment of attorney's fees to be calculated on the basis of the present value of the annuity structured from the verdict, and the death of the judgment creditor prior to the completion of the judgment term, while terminating defendant's obligation to make payments of certain future damages, does not require recalculation of the award of attorney's fees (CPLR 5035...
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