State ex rel. Kabatek v. Stackhouse

Appellant contests the denial of his request for an award of attorney fees.

“The general rule in Ohio is that, absent a statutory provision allowing attorney fees as costs, the prevailing party is not entitled to an award of at*56torney fees unless the party against whom the fees are taxed was found to have acted in bad faith. See Sorin v. Bd. of Edn. (1976), 46 Ohio St. 2d 177 [75 O.O.2d 224]; State, ex rel. Grosser, v. Boy (1976), 46 Ohio St. 2d 184 [75 O.O.2d 228].” State, ex rel. Crockett, v. Robinson (1981), 67 Ohio St. 2d 363, 369 [21 O.O.2d 228],

Appellant argues that appellees acted in bad…