California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Linsley v. Twentieth Century Fox Films Corp., 75 Cal. App. 4th 762, 89 Cal.Rptr.2d 429 (Cal. App. 1999):
Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in awarding attorney fees under section 12965, subdivision (b) which provides in part: "In actions brought under this section, the court, in its discretion, may award to the prevailing party reasonable attorneys' fees and costs...." An attorney fee award under this section is reviewed for abuse of discretion. (Bond v. Pulsar Video Productions (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 918, 921, 57 Cal.Rptr.2d 917; Cummings v. Benco Building Services (1992) 11 Cal.App.4th 1383, 1386, 15 Cal.Rptr.2d 53.)
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