Corning v. Village of Laurel Hollow

While I agree that plaintiffs are not entitled to reimbursement for the fees of their substituted attorneys or for the fees incurred in prosecuting the present action, I conclude that they are entitled to reimbursement from the village for the reasonable value of the expenses incurred by them in defending the Laverne action, for which they have not already been reimbursed by the award of costs to them in that action. The premises for that conclusion are: (1) since plaintiffs acted in their official capacity and in good faith they were entitled to be defended at the expense of the village, (2)…