Erwin v. Tetreault

Plaintiff, who obtained a judgment of $928.72 after a jury trial on claims and counterclaims arising from breach of a construction contract, appeals from a supplemental judgment for attorney fees. Plaintiff contends, primarily, that the trial court erred in reducing his fees from $31,926 to $10,000 based, in part, on his rejection of a settlement offer. Plaintiff also assigns error to the court’s failure to award him any fees incurred in successfully resisting defendants’ 1 motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

As amplified below, we conclude that a court may reduce the amount of…