In re Robinson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re Robinson

100 A.D.2d 724, 473 N.Y.S.2d 657, 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17712

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMarch 6, 1984

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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In re Robinson, 100 A.D.2d 724, 473 N.Y.S.2d 657, 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17712 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1984).

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Order, insofar as appealed from, unanimously reversed, without costs, and lien vacated. Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from so much of the order of Special Term as granted his former attorney a quantum meruit charging lien under section 475 of the Judiciary Law on the proceeds of a [725]*725section 1983 civil rights action (US Code, tit 42). Inasmuch as petitioner’s former attorney had not yet commenced the civil rights action, he was not entitled to a charging lien (see 7 NY Jur 2d, Attorneys at Law, § 182, p 108; Lebovic v Ballantine & Sons, 12 AD2d 494). (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Bayger, J. — attorney’s lien.) Present — Hancock, Jr., J. P., Denman, Boomer and Moule, JJ.

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Order, insofar as appealed from, unanimously reversed, without costs, and lien vacated. Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from so much of the order of Special Term as granted his former attorney a quantum meruit charging lien under section 475 of the Judiciary Law on the proceeds of a [725]*725section 1983 civil rights action (US Code, tit 42). Inasmuch as petitioner’s former attorney had not yet commenced the civil rights action, he was not entitled to a charging lien (see 7 NY Jur 2d, Attorneys at Law, § 182, p 108; Lebovic v Ballantine & Sons, 12 AD2d 494). (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Bayger, J. — attorney’s lien.) Present — Hancock, Jr., J. P., Denman, Boomer and Moule, JJ.

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100 A.D.2d 724, 473 N.Y.S.2d 657, 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 17712, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-robinson-nyappdiv-1984.

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