Legal Opinion
Walters Motorcars, Ltd. v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 1996PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
George A. Murphy, J.
The plaintiff’s posttrial motion at bar for an order awarding, inter alia, reasonable attorneys’ fees (pursuant to a statutory violation) presents an issue of apparent first impression in New York:1 may an award of prejudgment interest be reduced if a court concludes that plaintiff has unreasonably delayed the prosecution of the case? After reviewing and extrapolating the Court of Appeals conclusions and commentaries in unrelated cases involving issues of prejudgment interest in bifurcated personal injury actions, and upon considering Federal appellate…
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