What is the test for reversing an award for attorney fees?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Harm v. Hetman, G043206, Super. Ct. No. 06CC03911 (Cal. App. 2011):
reversal of the amount of an attorney fees award is if the amount awarded is so large or small that it shocks the conscience and suggests that passion and prejudice influenced the determination. [Citation.]" (Akins v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 1127, 1134.)
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