Robert E. Mann Construction Co. v. Liebert Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a party’s failure to request attorneys’ fees pursuant to Rule 21 on appeal precludes it from seeking pre-appeal fees after remand
• failure to request trial or appellate fees on appeal precluded award on remand
• “It is fair to require parties to request fees earlier in the litigation process so that both sides may accurately assess the risks and benefits of litigating versus settling. In this way, the opportunity for out of court settlement may be enhanced.”
• “It is fair to require parties to request fees earlier in the litigation process so that both sides may accurately assess the risks and benefits of litigating versus settling. In this way, the opportunity for out of court settlement may be enhanced.”
• finding “[t]he trial court properly disregarded the contract.”
• comment to Rule 21 changes; 2012 amendment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).