Case Name: Judy A. Carney, Appellant, v. Walgreen's Company et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-01-08
Citations: 246 A.D.2d 328
Docket Number: 
Parties: Judy A. Carney, Appellant, v Walgreen’s Company et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 246
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
Judy A. Carney, Appellant, v Walgreen’s Company et al., Respondents.
[666 NYS2d 915]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered August 23, 1996, which, inter alia, denied plaintiffs motion to vacate a settlement agreement, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
As the IAS Court found, the record is clear that plaintiff authorized her former counsel to settle this action for personal injuries for an amount that would net her $400,000. There is no indication that that authorization was ever revoked. Since plaintiff's former counsel's firm has agreed to reduce its fee to an amount that will result in her recovering $400,000, the motion to vacate the settlement as unauthorized was properly denied. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Nardelli, Rubin and Mazzarelli, JJ.