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MATTER OF POLYAN

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
May 31, 1994

Ordered that the decree is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The appellant attorney may not collect attorney's fees, for an underlying medical malpractice claim, exceeding those amounts permissible under Judiciary Law § 474-a. His claims to the contrary are without merit (see, Judiciary Law § 474-a, as amended by L 1985, ch 294, § 15; ch 760; L 1986, ch 485, § 12; McKinney's Cons Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes § 393; County of Saratoga v. Saratoga Harness Racing Assn., 4 N.Y.2d 622). Bracken, J.P., Miller, Joy and Altman, JJ., concur.