Case Name: William Schiavone, an Infant, by John Schiavone, His Guardian ad Litem, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John Laviano, Defendant. Delukey & Shapiro, Appellant; Melvin Seifer et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-11-25
Citations: 31 A.D.2d 553
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Schiavone, an Infant, by John Schiavone, His Guardian ad Litem, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John Laviano, Defendant. Delukey & Shapiro, Appellant; Melvin Seifer et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 553–553

Head Matter:
William Schiavone, an Infant, by John Schiavone, His Guardian ad Litem, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John Laviano, Defendant. Delukey & Shapiro, Appellant; Melvin Seifer et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Appeal by plaintiffs' attorneys from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated October 13, 1967, which directed said attorneys to pay to plaintiffs' former attorney $1,140 out of the amount previously allowed to appellants, by court order, for legal services in this negligence action. Order modified, on the facts, by reducing the amount of $1,140 in the second decretal paragraph to $350. As so modified order affirmed, without costs. In our opinion the reasonable value of the legal services rendered by the former attorney and his of counsel attorney is $350 and the higher award made by the Special Term was unwarranted on this record. Brennan, Acting P. J., Rabin, Benjamin, Munder and Martuscello, JJ., concur.