King v. Brock

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “an award of nominal damages in a contract action is sufficient to confer ‘prevailing party’ status under a contractual fee-shifting provision”
• noting that “a majority of jurisdictions hold that a party who recovers nominal damages is entitled to attorney fees and expenses as a ‘prevailing party’”
• noting sister states’ majority view of nominal damages as “a peg to hang costs on”
• noting sister states’ majority view of nominal damages as “a peg to hang costs on”
• “Nominal damages come into play when an injured party establishes a breach of contract, but is unable to prove actual damages.”
• “Nominal damages come into play when an injured party establishes a breach of contract, but is unable to prove actual damages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).