Deto Laboratory, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgments entered April 6, 1983 modified by reducing the award for attorneys’ fees to $40 in each case, and, as modified, affirmed, with $25 costs to the appellant.

We have previously held that the amount of attorneys’ fees recoverable for services necessarily performed in connection with securing payment of claims for no-fault first-party benefits *957is governed by regulations of the Superintendent of the Department of Insurance (see, 11 NYCRR 65.16) implemented pursuant to Insurance Law § 675 — whether the dispute is resolved by resort to arbitration proceedings or by court…