Gerhard v. Veres

The defendant appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff. On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court improperly (1) awarded the plaintiff attorney’s fees of $5625 pursuant to General Statutes § 47a-13 where the underlying award to the plaintiff was only $40, and where the fees included compensation for the prosecution of unproven, unsuccessful and frivolous claims, and (2) considered the fact that the defendant had failed to offer any amounts of money *200to settle the matter prior to trial in its determination and award of attorney’s…