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Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002) (2002)

Citation
Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002) (2002)
Parent Document
Grotta v. Grotta, 01-5494 (2002) (2002)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
2002-09-20

Full Text

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Plaintiffs' attorney acknowledged on cross-examination that at a trial before this Court the amount of time consumed in presenting plaintiffs' case-in-chief amounted to approximately ten minutes. Defendant argues that the fee should be limited to that time as well as reasonable time expended, before trial, to present the case. If there had been no active defense to plaintiffs' complaint or if there had not been counterclaims raised by defendant, this argument would be persuasive. However, considering the multiple issues raised by defendant, it would be inequitable to award only a reasonable fee based solely on plaintiffs' complaint.