Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1940

Haino v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

Haino v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 7, 1940
258 A.D. 1065; 18 N.Y.S.2d 1007; 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8913
Haino v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Order providing for substitution of attorney in an action to recover damages for personal injuries modified by striking from the second ordering paragraph the words “ in the sum of $200.00 ” and substituting therefor the words “in a sum equal to 15%.” As so modified the order, in. so far as appealed from, is affirmed, without costs. The original attorney waived in open court his right to have Ms compensation fixed on a lump sum basis. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

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