Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New York

Re: filing lawsuit

You can certainly seek costs, however, whether you will be awarded them will likely depend upon your contract with the debtor company.

Re: filing lawsuit

unless you have a contract that specifically provides for payment of legal fees by the other party in case of default, parties generally must bear their own costs in litigation

Re: filing lawsuit

Unless expressly provided for in your contract or invoices, you are responsible generally for costs of collection including attorney's fees. In litigation the prevailing party can recover a limited amount of "court costs", such as filing fee, service of process, marshal's fees, etc.. You can also get pre-judgment interest added to your claim at the statutory rate if your claim is based on a contract.

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