10-24-2016, 04:05 AM
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Originally posted by terracore
I'm with you. And I find the $40k+ figure of attorney fees allegedly paid by OLE so far to be an outrageous claim considering that the court action has been minuscule. If they are paying the road workers at the same ridiculous rate they appear to be paying attorneys one is left to question their judgement. Assuming an attorney fee of $300/hour (which seems high) we are really to believe that it's taken around 150 hours of attorney time for a court case that's only met the judge once?
* This post is not an endorsement of either board.
According to the court website, there have been 8 hearings and 100 filings.
I'll also add that in Hawaii attorney's fees are not recoverable except for special circumstances where there is a statute, agreement or case law to support it.