Lawry v. Palm

How courts have described this case

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

• noting an appellate court may not substitute its conclusions for those of the trial court merely because there may be evidence supporting a different result
• constructive trust is an equitable remedy that can be imposed as a form of restitution to remedy unjust enrichment
• “The determination of which party prevailed for purposes of a fee-shifting agreement is committed to the trial court’s discretion.”
• “[W]hen a party claims it has incurred attorney fees as foreseeable damages arising from a [tort], such fees are considered special damages[.]”
• “[I]n a proper case, the trial court may rule that neither party prevailed and award no fees.”
• “By imposing a constructive trust, a court awards the successful plaintiff a personal order requiring the defendant to transfer specific property to the plaintiff.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).