Lominska v. Fleet Street Publishing Corp.

Lominska, a professional photographer, and Fleet Street, a magazine publishing company, arbitrated Lominska’s claim for loss and damage to photographic transparencies. The arbitration concluded in June 1988, with an award as follows:

The claimant has requested attorney’s fees, costs, interest, and prejudgment interest. As grounds therefore, he states that such is permitted by Paragraph 6 of the delivery memoranda. In support, the claimant’s attorney ... has submitted a request for $24,000 as reasonable attorney’s fees. However, the panel finds that a reasonable attorney’s fee award in this…