Mealey's (September 14, 2018, 3:37 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff on his bad faith claim because the fees requested were “outrageously excessive” and the district court had the discretion to deny the motion in its entirety, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Sept. 12 (Bernie Clemens, et al. v. New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co., No. 17-3150, 3rd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 25803)....