International Business Machines Corp. v. O'Connell

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered April 12, 1993, which, rejecting the report of the Special Referee recommending against an award of attorneys’ fees to plaintiff, awarded attorneys’ fees to plaintiff in the amount of $7000, amended the default judgment entered September 21, 1989 in favor of plaintiff and against defendant accordingly, and denied defendant’s cross motion to vacate such default judgment, unanimously modified, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of imposing a sanction of $1000 on defendant to be paid to…