NORTH BERGEN REX TRANSPORT v. TLC


730 A.2d 843 (1999)

158 N.J. 561

NORTH BERGEN REX TRANSPORT, INC. a New Jersey corporation; and Murray Barnett, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRAILER LEASING COMPANY, A DIVISION OF KELLER SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Recio, Hackensack, for plaintiffs-appellants (Gallo Geffner & Fenster, attorneys; Mr. Recio and Debra M. Polglaze, on the briefs).

Ronald H. Balson, a member of the Illinois bar, Chicago, IL, for defendant-respondent (Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, attorneys, Hackensack; Mr. Balson and Carl A. Rizzo, Hackensack, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

This appeal involves a commercial lease that requires the lessee to pay reasonable attorneys' fees in the event the lessor has to procure legal services to enforce the lease agreement. The critical issue raised is whether a lessor who does not prevail on all of its claims is entitled to 100% of its attorneys' fees plus interest...

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