RUTA & SOULIOS, LLP v. LITMAN & LITMAN, P.C.


27 A.D.3d 236 (2006)

809 N.Y.S.2d 905

RUTA & SOULIOS, LLP, Respondent, v. LITMAN & LITMAN, P.C., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant.

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

March 7, 2006.


The motion court properly found plaintiff law firm entitled to a portion of the contingent fee recovered by defendants in the underlying action based upon its proportionate share of the work performed on the entire case (see Matter of Cohen v Grainger, Tesoriero & Bell, 81 N.Y.2d 655 [1993]; Lai Ling Cheng v Modansky Leasing Co., 73 N.Y.2d 454 [1989]). Contrary to appellants' argument...

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