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Tag: Attorney’s Fees

INSURANCE – FIDELITY BOND – INSURITY BOND – BAD FAITH – ATTORNEYS FEES – INSURANCE DISPUTE – ARBITRATION

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E. Steel Constructors, Inc. v. Int’l Fid. Ins. Co., 2026 Pa. LEXIS 274 (February 18, 2026) Opinion by Wecht, J. Judges: TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, McCAFFERY, JJ. Chief Justice Todd and Justices Dougherty, Mundy and McCaffery join the opinion. Justice Brobson files a concurring and dissenting opinion in which Justice Donohue joins. […]

ATTORNEYS FEES-PREVAILING PARTIES-1988

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Lackey v. Stinnie, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 866 (U.S. Supreme Court, February 25, 2025) (Roberts, J.) Drivers whose licenses were suspended under a Virginia statute for failure to pay court fines sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U. S. C. §1983, challenging the statute as unconstitutional. The District Court granted […]

ATTORNEYS FEES-PETITION-RULES OF ETHICS

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Office of Disp. Counsel v. Anonymous Atty. 2024 Pa. LEXIS 1834 (Pa. Super., October 24, 2024)(Donohoe) We begin with the first sentence of Rule 1.5(a): “[a] lawyer shall not enter into an agreement for, charge, or collect an illegal or clearly excessive fee.” Pa.R.P.C. 1.5(a). When interpreting statutory language, we do so “not in isolation, […]

ATTORNEY’S FEES-CONTRACTS-COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

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– Vinculum, Inc. v. Goli Techs., LLC, 2024 Pa. LEXIS 238, 2024 WL 697165 (February 21, 2024) (Brobson, J.). In this discretionary matter, we must decide whether Appellant Vinculum, Inc. (Vinculum) is entitled to recover attorney fees and lost-profit damages purportedly extending beyond a one-year, non-compete period that flowed from Goli Technologies, LLC’s (Goli LLC) […]

ATTORNEY’S FEES-SUBCONTRACTORS

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Riverview Carpet & Flooring, Inc. v. Presbyterian SeniorCare, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 298, Pa. Super 119, WL 4412195. This case involved a contract dispute. A guarantee, even though not in writing, can be enforceable. Somebody can agree to pay a debt, even somebody else’s debt, and it could be binding. It does not necessarily need […]

ATTORNEY’S FEES-FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW

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Turnpaugh Chiropractic Health & Wellness Ctr., P.C. v. Erie Ins. Exch., 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 247 (June 8, 2023). BEFORE: BOWES, J., McCAFFERY, J., and STEVENS, P.J.E. OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J. Erie Insurance Exchange (“Erie”) appeals from the judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County finding in favor of Turnpaugh Chiropractic […]

ATTORNEY’S FEES-CLEAN STREAMS LAW

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Clean Air Council v. Commonwealth, 2023 Pa. LEXIS 234 (S. Ct. February 22, 2023) (Wecht, J.) The General Assembly has charged the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) with the authority to grant permits for activities regulated under the Clean Streams Law (“CSL”). The principal responsibility for ensuring that permits have been issued properly and that […]

ATTORNEY’S FEES-UTPCPL

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Krishnan v. Cutler Group, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 766 (October 2, 2017) Bender, P.J.E.  This case involves a building contract and award of attorney’s fees under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.  The trial court found in favor of the homeowners on their Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law claim.  It granted […]