Connors v. Target Automotive Group, Inc.

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 652

Syllabus

Attorney fees award Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act R.C 1345.09(F)(2) abuse of discretion denial of fees trial court did not state reasons for denying attorney fees. The judgment of the trial court denying attorney fees is reversed and the matter is remanded with instructions for the trial court to determine an amount of attorney fees. It was unreasonable for the trial court to not award plaintiff her attorney fees. The trial court determined that defendant intentionally committed acts that violated the CSPA, as well as committed fraud, and awarded Connors economic damages, noneconomic damages, and treble damages. Given that there is nothing in the record to contradict an award of attorney fees, we find the denial of attorney fees was unreasonable.