Legal Opinion
Monmouth Meadows Homeowners Ass'n v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 25, 2010No. 43, 44 and 45 September Term, 2009PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ADKINS, J.
In this appeal we address how courts should determine the amount of attorneys’ fees to be awarded in suits by homeowners associations against property owners to collect annual assessments in cases where recovery of fees is governed by contractual provisions in the homeowners agreement. Petitioner homeowners associations (the “Associations”) appeal the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded to them by the Circuit Courts for Harford and Prince George’s Counties. These courts assessed the reasonableness of the attorneys’ fees requested by the Associations and…
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