N.E. Leasing, LLC v. Paoletta

Opinion

DRANGINIS, J.

The primary issue in this protracted foreclosure litigation is the reasonableness of the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees to a plaintiff in a foreclosure action. Where the note, mortgage and guarantee signed by the parties to be charged include indemnity provisions for reasonable attorney’s fees in the event the lender incurs such fees to protect its interest in the mortgaged property, including proceedings in bankruptcy, the court properly awarded reasonable fees *768where it found that the defense tactics were wholly without merit, delayed the court and denied equity…