Behavior Research Institute, Inc. v. Ambach

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeals from two judgments of the Supreme Court (Brown, J.), entered October 1, 1987 in Albany County, which, in proceedings pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted petitioners’ motions for counsel fees.

The fee awards at issue arose out of CPLR article 78 proceedings brought in Supreme Court, Albany County, on behalf of two severely handicapped children by their parents who sought to place the children at Behavior Research Institute, Inc. (hereinafter BRI), an out-of-State facility for the severely handicapped.1 In separate decisions, Supreme Court found that both children were…