Legal Opinion
Purcell v. Thomas
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 29, 2011No. 09-CV-501, 10-CV-485PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
In these consolidated appeals involving an award of attorney fees, two distinct but related matters are presented to us for resolution. George Purcell and Fedora, Inc. argue that the trial court erred in awarding attorney fees to Marva Thomas approximately six years after Thomas obtained a sizeable judgment against them in the underlying sexual harassment suit, which was subsequently upheld on appeal. Thomas argues that the trial court erred in determining that appellants’ supersede-as bond obtained to stay the judgment during the appeal did not cover Thomas’s…
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