Legal Opinion
Valley Stream Medical & Rehab, P.C. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided February 23, 2007PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Diane A. Lebedeff, J.
Two motions bring up for review the treatment of attorney’s fee awards in court cases seeking payment of no-fault economic loss benefits. Treated together for the purposes of motion disposition, these cases form the basis for an inquiry into the recently disputed question of the proper formula to use for computation of a no-fault attorney’s fee award to a prevailing plaintiff’s counsel in routine no-fault litigation, as well as an exploration of the situations in which a plaintiff is not entitled to an attorney’s fee award.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Presbyterian Hospital v. Maryland Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Mountain View Coach Lines, Inc. v. StormsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Hempstead General Hospital v. Allstate General InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Hempstead General Hospital v. Allstate InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Smithtown General Hospital v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
- LMK Psychological Services v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Marigliano v. New York Central Mutual Fire InsuranceCivil Court of the City of New York · 2007