Brewer v. Trimble

BARNEY, Judge.

In this second appeal stemming from a. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1988 (West 1994) action,1 Norman Trimble (Defendant) appeals from the judgment of the trial court awarding Cecile Brewer (Plaintiff) attorney’s fees in the amount of $6,809.54 for her trial level representation and $8,081.86 for her appellate representation.

Defendant now claims in his sole point on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees because Plaintiff recovered only nominal damages in the amount of one dollar in the underlying § 1983 action.

Plaintiff originally filed suit against the…