409 Pa. Super. 25 - O'Connell v. O'Connell’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently May 2018
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Klusman v. Bucks County Court of Common Pleas · Melzer v. Witsberger · Makopoulos v. Walt Disney World, Inc. · 200 Pa. Super. 640 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ulmer v. Sommerville · 383 Pa. Super. 177 - Milne v. Milne
Most-quoted passages
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“Part of the Master's Report and Recommendation included a $2,500 counsel fee award for Husband to be paid by Wife. The Master found, "Husband's request for counsel fees stems from his contention that Wife has caused him unnecessary counsel fees throughout the litigation. Husband's contention is not without merit." The Master went on to list the ways in which Wife caused Husband to incur unnecessary counsel fees. Wife filed multiple Exceptions related to the counsel fees Husband requested and the grounds upon which they were awarded. Wife first argued that the Master erred as a matter of law when he decided that Wife should pay $2,500 in counsel fees to Husband by sua sponte awarding counsel fees without an underlying motion for sanctions or a showing of need. Under 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503, the following party may be awarded counsel fees, "(7) Any participant who is awarded counsel fees as a sanction against another participant for dilatory, obdurate or vexatious conduct during the pendency of a matter." Husband's Petition Raising Claims filed February 10, 2016, included a claim for counsel fees. Specifically, Husband's Petition stated: COUNT III-COUNSEL FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES 3. [Husband] has employed the Law Firm of VOELKER & COLTON, LLC and has been put to considerable expense in the preparation of this case because of [Wife's] conduct, in the employment of counsel for work which should not have been otherwise necessary, appraisers and/or valuators and the payment of legal fe”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cook, R. v. Cook, D.“it is well-settled that this Court will not reverse the trial court on its decision to award counsel fees absent an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cook, R. v. Cook, D.
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