New York's highest court ruled that an attorney couldn't stiff her former co-counsel on a Labor Law case, although she wasn't required to give 40% of the fees to her new co-counsel, either.
The Court of Appeals issued its published decision in Marin v. Constitution Realty, No. 2, on Thursday.
Jose Marin suffered serious injuries when he fell approximately 40 feet while working on a building in Manhattan.
He hired attorney Sheryl Menkes to represent him in a Labor Law action. Menkes later recruited Jeffrey A. Manheimer to assist her in representing Marin.
The written a...
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