Handler v. Lapidus

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marylin G. Diamond, J.), entered September 25, 2007, directing the Lapidus defendants to pay principal sums of $111,936.96 to plaintiff and $279,773.65 to defendant tenants corporation, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

In accordance with the order of reference, the Referee evaluated the reasonable amount of attorney fees incurred as a result of the Lapidus violation of the 2002 stipulation (see Handler v 1050 Tenants Corp., 24 AD3d 231 [2005]), and considered all the requisite factors (see Matter of Freeman, 34 NY2d 1, 9 [1974]). The Referee’s report…