71 Misc. 2d 365 | N.Y. App. Term. | 1972
Third-party defendant American Stevedores, Inc. was chargeable solely with the reasonable value of the legal services rendered on behalf of the shipowner, defendant and third-party plaintiff, Concordia Lines, in the defense of plaintiff’s action, as distinguished from the legal services rendered in prosecuting shipowner’s third-party claim. Said defendant conceded at all times its liability to plaintiff for the $2,000 provided in the bill of lading provision for limitation of liability and found by the court. Plaintiff did not seriously dispute such limitation of liability on the part of said defendant, the action really involving its claim for full liability in the action instituted by it against the stevedore, American Stevedores, Inc. The
We have examined the other points raised by both appellants and affirm the judgment in all other respects.
The judgment should be modified by reducing third-party plaintiff’s recovery for attorneys’ fees to $2,000, with interest from April 30,1969 and, as modified, affirmed, with $25 costs to defendant and third-party defendant as against plaintiff.
Concur — Markowitz, J. P., Gold and Streit, JJ.
Judgment modified, etc.