Legal Opinion
Wood v. McGovern
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 1, 1985No. D001410PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BUTLER, Acting P. J.
Bonnie L. Wood, administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, Ronald David Wood, and her husband David Wood, Ronald’s father (collectively the Woods) appeal an order denying them attorney’s fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.4. That section authorizes a court to award attorney’s fees to a plaintiff who prevails in an action for damages against a defendant based upon that defendant’s commission of a felony.
Andrew Kris McGovern was the drinking driver of a car in which his friend Ronald Wood was a passenger. The car went off the road, overturned and…
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