What constitutes an "abuse of discretion" in awarding attorney fees in a personal injury action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rianda v. Foster, B271773 (Cal. App. 2017):
irrational, a trial court should be presumed to have acted to achieve legitimate objectives and, accordingly, its discretionary determinations ought not be set aside on review." [Citation.]' [Citation.] Accordingly, an abuse of discretion transpires if " 'the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason' " in making its award of attorney fees." (Maughan v. Google Technology, Inc. (2006) 143 Cal.App,4th 1242, 1249-1250.)
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