Case Name: Kenneth Van Hoesen, Appellant, v. F & M Schaefer Brewing Company, Defendant; Kenneth Van Hoesen et al., Appellants, v. Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff. Sarraino Bros. & Curcio, Inc., Third-Party Defendant; Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Intervener-Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-05-14
Citations: 53 N.Y.2d 918
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kenneth Van Hoesen, Appellant, v F & M Schaefer Brewing Company, Defendant. Kenneth Van Hoesen et al., Appellants, v Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Inc., Defendant and Third- Party Plaintiff. Sarraino Bros. & Curcio, Inc., Third-Party Defendant; Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Intervener-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 918–920

Head Matter:
Kenneth Van Hoesen, Appellant, v F & M Schaefer Brewing Company, Defendant. Kenneth Van Hoesen et al., Appellants, v Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Inc., Defendant and Third- Party Plaintiff. Sarraino Bros. & Curcio, Inc., Third-Party Defendant; Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Intervener-Respondent.
Decided May 14, 1981
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Ernest Abdella and George Abdella for appellants.
Donald P. Ford, Jr., for intervenor-respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On summary consideration, order reversed, with costs, and the order of Supreme Court, Fulton County, reinstated. The order of Supreme Court approving the settlement of the action includes an equitable apportionment of attorney's fees. That order unambiguously requires Lumbermens to pay to plaintiff Kenneth Van Hoesen an amount equal to one third of the full value of his workers' compensation claim which has been computed by the board in the sum of $14,460:80.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.