PAULL, M.D. v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


288 A.D.2d 842 (2001)

732 N.Y.S.2d 611

JOEL PAULL, M.D., et al., Respondents, v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. (Appeal No. 3.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

Decided November 9, 2001.


Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in awarding plaintiffs $30,000 in attorneys' fees without conducting a hearing. In a prior order the court had awarded plaintiffs sanctions against defendant First UNUM Life Insurance Company (First UNUM) in the form of "attorney[s'] fees expended in litigating all discovery...

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