Legal Opinion
Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine v. Zion
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 20, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered May 24, 1990, denying defendants’ motion to vacate a default judgment in the amount of $105,135.93, in an action to recover legal fees, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff seeks legal fees earned in a 1986 Bronx County action, in successfully representing defendants against claims for damages and rescission of contract. This action was commenced in 1987, and defendants counterclaimed for breach of contract and legal malpractice, based upon plaintiffs failure to prevail on a counterclaim for legal fees…
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