Subway Hero, Lawyer Settle

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A commuter who saved a teenager who fell in front of an oncoming subway train and his lawyer have settled lawsuits they filed against each other.

Wesley Autrey Sr. had accused his lawyer, Diane Kleiman, and her business partner, Marc Antonio Esposito of Marco Antonio Productions, of having him sign an unfair contract that gave them most of any money he earned because of his new fame.

Ms. Kleiman, meanwhile, sued Mr. Autrey for legal fees and compensation for damage to her reputation. She denied she cheated the 50-year-old construction worker and said he made her look like a money-hungry crook.

The agreement, called a stipulation, voided all agreements, whether oral or in writing, involving Mr. Autrey, Ms. Kleiman and Mr. Esposito and ended their dueling lawsuits. The State Supreme Court Justice, Bernard J. Fried, signed off on the stipulation and filed it last week.

Mr. Autrey caught the public’s attention on January 2, after a 19-year-old film student had a seizure and fell onto the subway tracks at an upper Manhattan station.

Mr. Autrey leaped down and pulled the teen into the 12-inch-deep drainage trough between the tracks and lay on top of him as the train passed over their heads.


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