Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Zheng
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 10, 2018No. 2017-CA-0665PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Daniel L. Dysart
In this lawsuit involving the breach of an agreement to purchase property, defendant-appellant, Shi Gang Zheng a/k/a Tony Zheng, appeals a judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, Robin Burgess and *767Terence Blanchard ("the Blanchards"), awarding the Blanchards contractual stipulated damages and attorney's fees. The Blanchards answered the appeal, seeking an increase in the amount of attorney's fees awarded. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court judgment in all respects and decline to increase the amount of the award for attorney's fees.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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