Mealey's (June 24, 2021, 3:24 PM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A trial court was within its discretion to award a reasonable attorney fee to a contractor because the court’s findings of fact support a conclusion that homeowners who asserted claims of fraud and deceptive trade practices “should have known that the action was frivolous or malicious,” the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled June 15, vacating and remanding the $12,000 award amount because the trial court didn’t support it with sufficient findings of fact....