Case Name: Amnon Ben-Aroya, Plaintiff, v. David M. Plotke, Defendant. Mergim Bazhdari, Nonparty Appellant; Felberbaum, Halbridge & Wirth, Nonparty Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-07-09
Citations: 285 A.D.2d 482
Docket Number: 
Parties: Amnon Ben-Aroya, Plaintiff, v David M. Plotke, Defendant. Mergim Bazhdari, Nonparty Appellant; Felberbaum, Halbridge & Wirth, Nonparty Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 482–482

Head Matter:
(July 9, 2001)
Amnon Ben-Aroya, Plaintiff, v David M. Plotke, Defendant. Mergim Bazhdari, Nonparty Appellant; Felberbaum, Halbridge & Wirth, Nonparty Respondent.
[727 NYS2d 896]

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, Mergim Bazhdari appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), dated September 5, 2000, which awarded Felberbaum, Halbridge & Wirth 25% of the total attorney's fee due from a settlement in the underlying personal injury action and an award in the related underinsured motorist arbitration proceeding.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Contrary to the appellant's contention, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in apportioning the attorney's fee in this case (see, Ebrahimian v Long Is. R. R., 269 AD2d 488; Melvin v City of New York, 244 AD2d 390; Matter of Budin Reisman & Schwartz v Giamboi, Reiss & Squitieri, 224 AD2d 325). Ritter, J. P., Altman, McGinity, Smith and Cozier, JJ., concur.