Poussard v. Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of Lewiston
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Justice.
The defendant, Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of Lewiston (Commercial), appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) awarding attorney’s fees and costs to plaintiffs for the prosecution of a consumer loan action. 1 Commercial challenges the award of fees and costs, arguing alternatively, that the award is not authorized on the facts presented and, even if authorized, the award constitutes an abuse of discretion. Plaintiffs cross-appeal asserting error in the exclusion from the award of legal services rendered in connection with certain class action…
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