The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-26
MUCH SUING RATHER.IN.LAW
GETS LAWYER NENDELSOHN
ar on CHtRG rs or FR am.
bar Association ASKS the Appellate Dni.
sion 20 On, e-tixate and = Referee .,
Named The Charge l. of Allow ins
lsis Relative 10 commit Per Jury.

siou 20 In, e>tixate AMI . Referee u
Named The Charge l. ef Allow inS
Ais Relative TO commit Per Jury.
Herman = Mendelsohn. q lawyer at
BID Broadway. il facing punishment by
the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court on the charge tina, he permitted
his father -in-law TO commit perjury in
an accident suit The gri~vanc. COM
mittee Of the Bar Association reported
to the Appellate. Division yesterday tina,
Mendelsohn has been guilty Of fraud.
deceit. malpractice and gross unpro-
fessional conduct The cas-. was sent
to a referee TO take testimony
The grievance committee declares thar
to tn. BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company
saying that his father -in.law. Samuel
Hyman; his sister-in-la Ida HymaD,
and his wife. whom he called TIME
Hyman. had been injured while riding
on a Reid avenue car bound for Coney
Island which was struck by q train. The
company settled by paying SIS to each
OF the claimants Prior TO receiving the
claim the company had no notice tina,
any OF the claimants had been injured
About a month after this claim was
settled Mendelsohn wrote TO the Inter
borough stating that his father-in-law
and his sisterr-in-law. Ida and Rosie
Hyman had been injured while pas
-engers on a southbound train which
was struck by an express train and ask
ing a settlement Mendelsohn told a
claim agent that Hyman had been injured
about the body and shoulders The claim
NJ the three was settled for $500. Of which
Si25 was paid to Hyman. The Inter-
borough had no previous notice OF the
injury of the Hymans. 1t il declared.
The grievance committee says further
that on December - 81 that year Men
delsohn sent a letter to Henry Schu-
macher 4 Sons saying that his firm had
been retained by MIR. Sam Hyman' to
sue for damages for injuries received az
10 Sheriff street. Of which property Schn-
macher A Sons were agents. 4 casualty
company which had insured the prop
erty investigated the claim and Mendel-
sohn told tho investigator that Hyman
was injured by falling down stairs and
that he injured his shoulder. Follow
ing a request for a bill Of particulars
Mendelsohn said that his father in Law
was out four weeks wages at SIS n week.
$50 for medical attendance and suffered
from severe headaches and q pain in the
shoulder a. q result OF the fall The
casualty company thereupon settled for
go
While this claim was pending Men
datsohn brought suit in behalf Of his
father law against the receivers OF
the Metropolitan Street Railway for in
juries received on December 20. 1908
When this case came to trial in the Cry
Court Mendelsohn conducted the case
for his father in law and Martin r Burke.
assistant general attorney. appeared for
the Metropolitan. Under cross-examina-
ton by Mr. Burke the plaintiff declared
that Mendelsohn had never represented
him in cases before and said he never
had any accidents before excep, in tho
Ninth avenue elevated collision several
years previous. when he merely had his
hand gu, nv glass He didn't remember
how much money he go, 10 settle his
claim That was IN. only accident he
testified
When asked II he didn Z fall down stairs
and put IN claim for lost wages through
Mendelsohn he said he fell down two
steps. but that ~ didn't hurt him and
there was no accident He denied that
he ev.r made a claim for 1t or that he got
money through, Nfendel-ohn for injury a.
that time He said he didn't have a
physician treat him AT that tim. The
plaintiff failed to return for IN. trial the
next dav and the suit was dismissed
Tn. grisvanc. committee also found
Mendel-ohn guilty on charges concerning
an injury 30 Rosa Savosa on September H..
1901. when she was run over by wagon
and her leg was fractured The day after
the accident Mendel-ohn served "A sum
mons on the Adams Express Company
in behalf 81 Rosie Eavaco.- which was
without her consent. IL il alleged S.v.
eral months aft-rwarri Mendel-ohn tried
20 induce the woman 10 let HIM appear
for her. hut she refused. having already
Eed another attorney M.nd.lsohn
then served complaint without her
authority
The other attorney engaged NV 'h-
woman settled her claim. and M.nd~l-
rohn DELAYED II by setting up a lien Pro
ceedings were brought in the Supr.m.
Court TO deterra n. whether he had n
len and the court decided against him
PEASANTS FJGHT GENDiRNES.