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VALENTINO v. RICKNERS RHEDEREI, G. m. B. H.

No. 74 C 631.

417 F.Supp. 176 (1976)

Vito VALENTINO, Plaintiff, v. RICKNERS RHEDEREI, G. m. B. H., SS ETHA, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

June 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving B. Bushlow, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant, by William P. Kain, Jr., New York City.

McHugh, Heckman, Smith & Leonard, New York City, for intervenor, by Martin J. McHugh, New York City.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a longshoreman employed by a stevedore, was injured while working aboard a vessel owned by the defendant. The stevedore had paid $15,488.31 for medical and other expenses of the plaintiff and had a lien for that amount on any recovery by the plaintiff. Plaintiff was awarded $5,000.00 by the jury.

Counsel for plaintiff moved to be awarded a fee out of the proceeds of the suit. The stevedore...

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