Couple Not Entitled To Attorney Fees In Defects Suit, Appeals Court Says

(January 16, 2018, 12:24 PM EST) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A couple who prevailed on their claims that a home builder committed fraud when telling them he built a house that had construction defects cannot receive $30,600 in attorney fees, a 2-1 Louisiana appeals panel ruled Jan. 11, finding that the man was not a party to the sales agreement for the house and that there is no recovery of attorney fees in quasi-delictual actions (Barrett W. Magee, et al. v. Cadis Construction LLC, No. 2017 CA 0515, La. App., 1st Cir., 2018 La. App. Unpub. LEXIS 8)....

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