Farocean Marine v. Romans

Following the voluntary dismissal of Appellant Farocean Marine’s action against Defendants Earl and Deborah Romans (“the Romans”), the district court awarded attorney’s fees and costs to Defendants. Farocean now appeals, challenging the final amount of the fee award. We affirm.

Five years ago, Earl Romans, a resident of Michigan, hired a representative of Far-ocean, a marine repair facility in South Africa, to fly to Malaysia to inspect a yacht he was considering purchasing. On Farocean’s advice, Earl Romans did indeed purchase the yacht through a Cayman Islands holding company he formed,…