Gorst v. Wagner

SIMMS, Justice:

Claire C. Gorst, appellant and plaintiff below, appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial and the trial court’s imposition of attorney fees and costs against Gorst in 1989. On appeal, the Court of Appeals affirmed both the denial of new trial and the imposition of fees and costs. Certio-rari was granted to consider only whether the fees and costs were properly awarded. Because we find that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding attorney fees and costs over the limit allowed by 23 O.S.Supp. 1986, § 103, we vacate the portion of the Court of Appeals’…