Legal Opinion
South New Castle Borough v. Fiello
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Decided January 29, 1997No. 160-7 of 1992, M.L.DPublished
1Opinion of the Court
PRATT, J.,
The defendant, Frank T. Fiello, has filed a petition for attorney’s fees against the plaintiff, Borough of South New Castle, seeking payment of reasonable attorney’s fees from the borough, which defendant alleges he expended in resolving the legal issues with the borough.
The defendant alleges that the borough’s conduct in commencing and continuing its legal action against the defendant regarding the sewer line assessment was in bad faith, dilatory, obdurate, and vexatious and that under sections 2503(7) and 2503(9) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. §§2503(7) and 2503(9), the…
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- Commonwealth v. HruskaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993