Legal Opinion
Jeffries Avlon, Inc. v. Gallagher
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1991PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
The parties’ various oral and written pretrial applications and in limine motions raise among other issues a point on which this court can find no controlling authority.
Defendant Gallagher moves in limine for an order precluding the plaintiff from introducing evidence of the attorneys’ fees it incurred in this defamation action, to be considered on the issue of punitive damages.
*553Although legal fees are not recoverable in the absence of statutory authority or contractual provision (see, Alyeska Pipeline Co. v Wilderness Socy., 421 US 240 [1975]; Campagnola v…
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