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PETTIFORD EX REL. PETTIFORD v. ESKWITT

189 N.J. Super. 485 (1983)

460 A.2d 716

JOSH LAWRENCE PETTIFORD, AN INFANT BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, CLARENCE PETTIFORD; CLARENCE PETTIFORD INDIVIDUALLY; AND DAPHNE L. PETTIFORD, PLAINTIFFS, v. HERBERT ESKWITT, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Bergen County.

Decided May 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Levine for plaintiffs.

Richard Brennan for defendant (Shanley & Fisher, attorneys).

SIMPSON, A.J.S.C.

In this R. 1:21-7(f) application, plaintiff's counsel seeks an increased attorney's fee of 20% of the net aggregate recovery over $250,000 in a medical malpractice action, instead of the 10% allowable under R. 1:21-7(c)(6). For the reasons to be stated, the request is approved.

On April 25, 1978 the parents of the infant plaintiff signed a standard New York one-third contingent...

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