Engle v. Copenbarger & Copenbarger, LLP

Opinion

BEDSWORTH, J.

Cautionary tales rarely have happy endings. From the 19th-century German classic, The Dreadful Story of Pauline and the Matches, in which the fate of the child heroine can be deduced from the title, to the more familiar 30’s cult film, Reefer Madness (Motion Picture Ventures 1936), the protagonist almost never does well in them. This case is no exception. We present here a cautionary tale, published, like all of its ilk, in the hope of providing a warning.

Staci Engle appeals from a postjudgment order that denied her motion for attorney fees and costs in this action against…