What is the test for determining the amount of fees awarded by a court to an attorney in a personal injury action?

federal, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Fitzsimmons v. Jackson, 51 BR 600 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 1985):

We note: "The rule is established that, in fixing the fees of attorneys, the court is vested with a wide discretion and the court's award of an amount for such fees will be disturbed only when it is manifest that there has been a palable abuse of such discretion." Los Angeles v. Los Angeles-Inyo Farms Co., 134 Cal.App. 268, 274, 25 P.2d 224, 227 (1933).

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