Is a plaintiff entitled to recover time, attorney fees and attorney fees incurred by a plaintiff in a personal injury action against a third party?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Callahan v. Ami Adini & Assocs., D074007 (Cal. App. 2020):
Under these circumstances, "[a] person who through the tort of another has been required to act in the protection of his interests by bringing or defending an action against a third person is entitled to recover compensation for the reasonably necessary loss of time, attorney's fees, and other expenditures thereby suffered or incurred." (Prentice v.
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