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· 12/22/1989

Keen v. Ruddy

Citations

  • 784 P.2d 653
  • 1989 Alas. LEXIS 161
  • 1989 WL 156373

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that full attorney's fees were properly awarded when losing party acted in bad faith
  • holding that full attorney’s fees were properly awarded when losing party acted in bad faith
  • holding that full attorney's fees were properly awarded when losing party acted in bad faith by filing meritless claims to harass defendant
  • finding no abuse of discretion where claim \was not supported by law or fact\ and clearly brought to hinder litigation of different suit
  • No recovery for abuse of process because the attorney “had no ulterior purpose. More important [the attorney] used the process for exactly the purpose it was designed to accomplish; namely the collection of a debt_”
  • upholding award of one hundred percent of actual attorney's fees

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Judges: Burke, Compton, Matthews, Moore, Rabino, Witz

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