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BAUMGARDNER v. BALMER

Docket No. 89392.

157 Mich. App. 159 (1987)

403 N.W.2d 525

BAUMGARDNER v. BALMER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cunningham, Mulder & Breese, P.C. (by Ronald J. Vander Veen), for defendant.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and P.R. JOSLYN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals as of right from a $500 award, representing attorney fees, in this paternity action. We reverse the award.

ATTORNEY FEES

As a general rule, American courts have refused to allow the recovery of attorney fees either as an element of the costs of a suit or as an item of damages, unless allowance of a fee is expressly authorized by statute or court rule. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co v Allen,

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