State Ex Rel. Corbin v. Tocco

How courts have described this case

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• finding no abuse of discretion where adequate explanation existed in the record to support the trial court’s decision
• affirming an award of attorneys’ fees where the opposing party conducted no discovery and presented no evidence challenging the relevance of any entry
• distinguishing Lacer and concluding the trial court did not err in applying a prevailing market rate rather than a cost-based rate for an attorneys’ fees request
• noting that party cannot successfully oppose a fee request “merely by asserting broad challenges to the application”; “It is not enough for an opposing party simply to state, for example, that the hours claimed are excessive and the rates submitted too high.” (citation omitted)
• noting opposing party cannot simply claim that the rates submitted are too high
• “This court may take judicial notice of records and other appellate proceedings in the same case.”

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