Legal Opinion
Maris v. McGrath
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 29, 2004No. SC 16394PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BORDEN, J.
The so-called “American rule” for the award of attorney’s fees to the prevailing party bars such an award “except as provided by statute or in certain defined exceptional circumstances . . . .” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) CFM of Connecticut, Inc. v. Chowdhury, 239 Conn. 375, 393, 685 A.2d 1108 (1996), overruled in part on other grounds, State v. Salmon, 250 Conn. 147, 155, 735 A.2d 333 (1999). The rule does not apply, however, where the other party or *836his attorney has acted in bad faith. Id., 394. This is what is known as the bad faith exception to the American rale.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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