A New York judge has denied a lawyer's request for additional fees from a $3.75 million med-mal settlement, ruling that he had already taken more than he was due. Justice Sherry Klein Heitler ruled that Norman L. Cousins received attorney fees of almost one-third of the lump-sum portion of the settlement, and instead owed his client some $513,000, the amount above the statutorily permitted amount. Cousins had moved for more fees on the grounds that litigation expense had forced him to file for bankruptcy.
February 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A Manhattan judge has denied a lawyer’s request for additional fees from a $3.75 million medical malpractice settlement, ruling instead that the lawyer had already taken more than he was entitled to.
Norman L. Cousins represented Kevin Veneski in a 1997 suit against Queens-Long Island Medical Group over Veneski’s 1996 stroke, which had left him disabled and unable to work. The matter settled in 2002 for a $3 million lump sum and an annuity yielding $750,000 over the next 20 years.
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