VALLEY STREAM MEDICAL & REHAB, P.C. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY


15 Misc.3d 576 (2007)

831 N.Y.S.2d 682

VALLEY STREAM MEDICAL & REHAB, P.C., as Assignee of MICHAEL MUNRO, Plaintiff, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. A.M. MEDICAL SERVICES, P.C., as Assignee of DANIL SIGAL, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County.

February 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth F. Nwele, Brooklyn, for Valley Stream Medical & Rehab, P.C., plaintiff.

Alden Banniettis, Brooklyn (Damien Semel-DeFeo and Jeff Henle of counsel), for A.M. Medical Services, P.C., plaintiff.

Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan, LLP, Mineola (Lee-David Weiner of counsel), for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, defendant.

Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano, LLP, Melville (Akwei Oko Acquaye of counsel), for Allstate Insurance Company, defendant.


OPINION OF THE COURT

DIANE A. LEBEDEFF, J.

Two motions bring up for review the treatment of attorney's fee awards in court cases seeking payment of no-fault economic loss benefits. Treated together for the purposes of motion disposition, these cases form the basis for an inquiry into the recently disputed question of the proper formula to use for computation of a no-fault attorney's fee award to a prevailing plaintiff's counsel in routine no-fault litigation...

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