{"id":2951,"date":"2014-05-21T06:03:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T12:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2014-05-20T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:05:26","slug":"superstorm-sandy-may-help-change-new-jersey-court-view-recovery-attorneys-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/superstorm-sandy-may-help-change-new-jersey-court-view-recovery-attorneys-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstorm Sandy May Help Change New Jersey Court View on Recovery of Attorneys&#8217; Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Bache &#8211; May 17, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Florida law allows first-party claimants to recover attorneys\u2019 fees in the event litigation is required for an insured to be made whole.1 New Jersey has a similar rule with a dramatic difference. New Jersey Rule 4:42-9(a)(6) provides:<\/p>\n<p>(a) Actions in Which Fee Is Allowable. No fee for legal services shall be allowed in the taxed costs or otherwise, except:<\/p>\n<p>* * * *<\/p>\n<p>(6) In an action upon a liability or indemnity policy of insurance, in favor of a successful claimant.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, it appears that any policyholder may seek attorneys\u2019 fees when an insurer fails to fulfill its obligations requiring litigation. The reasoning is simple to understand: When a policyholder suffers property damage, it is difficult to restore their property if attorneys\u2019 fees are deducted from the recovery. Hence, a fee statute provides a policyholder with the opportunity to recover those fees against the insurance carrier that underpaid or wrongly denied their claim.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, New Jersey courts have refused to apply Rule 4:42-9(a)(6) to first-party actions. Instead, New Jersey currently only allows recovery for attorneys\u2019 fees to third-party claimants.2<\/p>\n<p>It is well documented that Superstorm Sandy caused catastrophic damages to the Garden State, and recently carriers are getting more attention for mistreating their policyholders as thousands of lawsuits have been filed. As a result of these lawsuits, policyholders\u2019 advocates are getting the opportunity to show the judges that first-party claimants are deserving of the same remedies under Rule 4:42-9(a)(6) as third-party claimants.<\/p>\n<p>1 See Florida Statute 627.428.<\/p>\n<p>2 Giri v. Med. Inter-Ins. Exch. of New Jersey, 251 N.J. Super. 148, 151-52, 597 A.2d 561, 562-63 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1991).<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com\/2014\/05\/articles\/hurricane-sandy-1\/superstorm-sandy-may-help-change-new-jersey-court-view-on-recovery-of-attorneys-fees\/index.html\">Superstorm Sandy May Help Change New Jersey Court View on Recovery of Attorneys&#8217; Fees : Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Bache &#8211; May 17, 2014 Florida law allows first-party claimants to recover attorneys\u2019 fees in the event litigation is required for an insured to be made whole.1 New Jersey has a similar rule with a dramatic difference. New Jersey Rule 4:42-9(a)(6) provides: (a) Actions in Which Fee Is Allowable. No fee for legal services&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/superstorm-sandy-may-help-change-new-jersey-court-view-recovery-attorneys-fees\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Superstorm Sandy May Help Change New Jersey Court View on Recovery of Attorneys&#8217; Fees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[172],"tags":[528,27,243],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-law-2","tag-attorney-fees","tag-construction-law","tag-hurricane-sandy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Superstorm Sandy May Help Change New Jersey Court View on Recovery of Attorneys&#039; Fees - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/superstorm-sandy-may-help-change-new-jersey-court-view-recovery-attorneys-fees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Superstorm Sandy May Help Change New Jersey Court View on Recovery of Attorneys&#039; Fees - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Larry Bache &#8211; May 17, 2014 Florida law allows first-party claimants to recover attorneys\u2019 fees in the event litigation is required for an insured to be made whole.1 New Jersey has a similar rule with a dramatic difference. 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