What is the test for successfully challenging an award for attorney fees?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Asphalt Professionals, Inc. v. Emaron Homes, LLC, 2d Civil No. B261674 (Cal. App. 2016):
Moreover, a party who challenges the attorney fee award must also make a showing "to demonstrate that any amount sought was unreasonable." (Lin v. Jeng (2012)
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