United States Second Circuit

Judgment for plaintiffs and award of attorneys' fees in breach of contract action and related claims is: 1) vacated as to the district court's judgment and awards with respect to plaintiffs' breach of contract claim and remanded for further findings as to proximate causation; 2) vacated as to the award of attorneys' fees and remanded for recalculation of those fees following the district court's determination as to whether plaintiffs proved proximately-caused damages on the contract claim; 3) reversed with regard to the district court's decision that attorneys' fees should be reduced by twenty percent across-the-board, and the denial of interest on the attorneys’ fees awards; and 4) affirmed in all other respects.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2013
• Published 05/21/2013

Judges

• PER CURIAM

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel