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    Attorney Fees in a Split Decision

    I'm sorry, but with all due respect, that doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone ever initiate a lawsuit if the end result of doing so is going to be attorney fees that cost more than the suit is contesting? What is to be said of the "American Rule"? Is the decision on who pays attorney fees...
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    Attorney Fees in a Split Decision

    We did initiate the law suit and refused to settle. The reason being that the work that we were being billed for was poorly done and occurred on three different occasions, one of which was to repair mistakes the first time around. It is our feeling that the bill was unfair, unusually high, and...
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    Attorney Fees in a Split Decision

    My family has been involved in a dispute with a water district regarding whos responsibility it is to repair a broken water line in a special district of Colorado. A jury ruled that we are responsible for the repairs to the water line itself but not for the street cut. The total bill was about...
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    Responsibility for Water Line and Street

    Hello. My grandfather is involved in a legal dispute with a special water and sanitation district in Grand County. He owns a cabin in the area and apparently there was a water leak in a pipe that leads from the cabin to a water mainline across the street. The water board insists that the line...
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