Soffer v Noorani

[*1] Soffer v Noorani 2009 NY Slip Op 50869(U) [23 Misc 3d 137(A)] Decided on May 6, 2009 Appellate Term, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on May 6, 2009
APPELLATE TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: McKeon, P.J., Schoenfeld, Heitler, JJ
570217/09.

Joseph Soffer, Plaintiff-Respondent,

against

Nadia Noorani, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant purports to appeal from a decision of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Ernest J. Cavallo, J.), entered on or about November 12, 2007, after a nonjury trial, in favor of plaintiff and awarding him damages in the principal sum of $25,000.

Per Curiam.

Appeal from decision (Ernest J. Cavallo, J.), entered on or about November 12, 2007, deemed to be an appeal from a judgment (same court and Judge), entered January 22, 2008, and so considered, judgment affirmed, with $25 costs.

The trial court's award of attorneys' fees was within reasonable limits and is not disturbed. The court appropriately evaluated plaintiff's testimony and records as to the nature, extent and necessity of the legal services that he rendered on defendant's behalf in the fully litigated matrimonial action underlying plaintiff's claim, and the results achieved in that "complex" litigation (see Willis v Willis, 149 AD2d 584 [1989]; Jordan v Freeman, 40 AD2d 656 [1972]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.
Decision Date: May 06, 2009