Contractor Awarded Reduced Attorney Fee Demand In Defective Stucco Coverage Suit

Mealey's (September 21, 2022, 2:12 PM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Sept. 20 accepted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to reduce a contractor’s attorney fees by 46.55% for its work in defending the contractor in an underlying lawsuit over its subcontractor’s alleged defective stucco work on several homes in a subdivision, ruling that the magistrate’s report supports the fee reduction....