In a personal injury action, is a lawyer entitled to attorney fees?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Aliu v. Elavon Inc., B269451 (Cal. App. 2018):
We review issues regarding attorney fees for an abuse of discretion, and a trial court's decision will only be disturbed when there is no substantial evidence to support its findings or when there has been a miscarriage of justice. (Ellis v. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 853, 882.) Although a fee request should ordinarily be documented in detail, an attorney's declaration verifying the time spent on the matter
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