Legal Opinion
Mt. Airy Insurance v. Town of Orangetown
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 26, 1998No. 95 Civ. 7152(BDP)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PARKER, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
Currently before this Court is the application of the Estate of Morton Lieb (the “Estate”) for an award of attorneys’ fees. Plaintiffs, the Mt. Airy Insurance Company and the Coregis Insurance Company (collectively “Coregis”), oppose this application on the ground that the amount of attorneys’ fees requested is unreasonable. The Court has considerable familiarity with this matter and the work of counsel as a result of extensive pretrial proceedings.
On August 29, 1995, Coregis filed this action (the “Coverage Action”) against the Town of Orangetown (the…
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