What is a reasonable attorney's fee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Parker v. City of Los Angeles, 118 Cal.Rptr. 687, 43 Cal.App.3d 976 (Cal. App. 1974):
Whether a particular attorney's fee is reasonable is a matter resting within the sound discretion of the trial court. (See State of California v. Westover Co., 140 Cal.App.2d 447, 449, 295 P.2d 96.) We cannot say on the record before us that the trial court abused its [44 Cal.App.3d 568] discretion in awarding the fees it did in this case. They appear to us to have been reasonable under the circumstances.
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