Legal Opinion
Meyers v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided September 28, 1995No. Claim No. 78127PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Frank S. Rossetti, J.
Motion by claimants for additional allowances for attorney and appraiser fees under EDPL 701 is granted, in accordance with the following.
The State concedes as it must that the award of $37,850 is substantially in excess of its pretrial offer of $1,000. (See, EDPL 701; see, e.g., Matter of New York City Tr. Auth. [Superior Reed & Rattan Furniture Co.], 160 AD2d 705, 709-710.) However, defendant argues that the attorneys’ fee requested is excessive and that no additional allowance should be granted for claimants’ appraiser because the court supposedly…
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- First Bank & Trust Co. v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Hoffman v. Town of MaltaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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