B & B Investment Group v. Gitler

In this statutory slander of title action, defendants appeal by leave granted the circuit court’s order affirming the district court’s judgment awarding plaintiff $30,000 in attorney fees and $7,500 in exemplary damages and various other orders of the district court. We affirm the award of attorney fees, vacate the award of exemplary damages, and remand in part.

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Following a six-day bench trial, the district court issued an opinion and order from which we take these facts. Plaintiff 1 and defendant Pat Gitler (defendant) entered into a business relationship during either 1990 or 1991. The…