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California Courts of Appeal

Oct. 8, 2009

Court Asked to Redo Math In Attorney Fees Litigation

A San Jose attorney who won a dispute with the contractor who built his house can't get compensated for the $664,000 he and his firm put into the protracted legal battle, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.

By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Jose attorney who won a dispute with the contractor who built his house can't get compensated for the $664,000 he and his firm put into the protracted legal battle, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.

In 2006, after seven years of litigation over the construction of what was supposed to be a $1.5 million home in Los Gatos, John C. Gorman agreed to settle his lawsuit for $2....

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