But can’t we give you more?
Allen Press recently tried a case on behalf of a real estate developer. The case was against a title company for breach of a construction disbursing agreement. The case took four days to try. After about three hours of deliberations, the jury sent a note to the Judge which asked: “How do we compute the legal fees?” This was pretty stunning. We had not even asked for legal fees and were not entitled to them! The Judge sent a note back to the jury that they “should be guided by the instructions.” Ten minutes later, the jury came back with a verdict which awarded our client every penny we were seeking.