Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 9, 2007No. 103,404PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWatt, J.
1 1 To dispose of the certiorari petition, we must resolve two issues. The first is whether the trial court abused its discretion in reducing the requested attorney fees of $8,775.37 by more than $6,000.00. It is apparent from the transeript of the hearing on the attorney fees issue that: 1) there was no real attempt to determine the amount to be awarded under the standards of Burk v. Oklahoma City, 1979 OK 115, 598 P.2d 659; and 2) no rational relationship exists between the attorney fees awarded and the evidence presented. Therefore, we hold that the failure to follow the Burk directives…
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