Bass v. Goss

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

G.S. 6-21.1 provides in pertinent part:

In any personal injury or property damage suit, ... instituted in a court of record, where the judgment for recovery of damages is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less, the presiding judge may, in his discretion, allow a reasonable attorney fee to the duly licensed attorney representing the litigant obtaining a judgment for damages in said suit, said attorney’s fees to be taxed as a part of the court costs.

Judge Brannon’s order denying plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees “pending remand to the Arbitrator for a further…