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RUSSO v. CITY OF NEW YORK

48 A.D.3d 540 (2008)

853 N.Y.S.2d 87

ANTHONY RUSSO et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants. KELLY & GROSSMAN, LLP, Nonparty Appellant; BONITA E. ZELMAN, Nonparty Respondent.

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

Decided February 13, 2008.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In July 1996 the plaintiffs Anthony Russo, Louis Forrisi and his wife Caroline Forrisi hired attorney Bonita E. Zelman to represent them in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, inter alia, stemming from a gas explosion which occurred on July 6, 1996 in Brooklyn. The retainer provided that Zelman would receive a contingency fee of one third of the recovered amount. In April 1997 Zelman commenced an action...

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