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on July 28, 2002; $4,902 on August 23, 2002 (reflecting the June
and July monthly benefit payments); and $141,565.77 on
February 14, 2005. Additionally, four monthly benefit payments
of $2,451 each, for August through November 2002, were received
on behalf of petitioner and mailed directly to him. Connecticut
General issued a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, to petitioner
in 2002, reflecting the $252,317.62 payment for past due benefits
and $17,157 of ongoing monthly benefit payments of $2,451 from
June 1 through December 31, 2002. The Form W-2 did not reflect
any Federal income tax withholding.
Additionally, during 2002, attorney’s fees were paid out of
the escrow account to Quadrino & Schwartz in the amount of
$6,595.72 on July 29, 2002; to William Neal (Neal), counsel of
record in this case, in the amount of $8,831.11 on August 5,
2002; and to Advance Settlement Funding in the amount of $14,200
on December 24, 2002. A $25,000 payment was made to Quadrino &
Schwartz on February 14, 2005, as well.
On September 24, 2002, Quadrino & Schwartz filed a complaint
in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Nassau,
against petitioner. Quadrino & Schwartz claimed that, despite
the terms of the retainer agreement between Quadrino & Schwartz
and petitioner, petitioner refused to honor the terms of the
agreement and refused to pay Quadrino & Schwartz 50 percent of
the recovery that petitioner received from Connecticut General.
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