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POSEY v. LAFAYETTE BANK AND TRUST CO.

No. 23S01-8708-CV-771.

512 N.E.2d 155 (1987)

Matter of Guardianship of Pearl C. POSEY, Adult Incompetent, Raymond Harkrider As Executor of the Estate of Georgia Cory, Deceased, Betty Rogers and June Nelson, Appellants, v. LAFAYETTE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Hanna, Gerde & Meade, Ball, Eggleston, Bumbleburg & McBride, Floyd Wilcox, Stuart & Branigan, Ann G. Davis and Vaughan, Vaughan & Layden, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas R. Brown, Stewart, Irwin, Gilliom, Meyer & Guthrie, Indianapolis, Richard M. Holmes, Holmes & Kordys, Covington, for appellants.

Stuart & Branigin, Hanna, Gerde & Meade, Ball, Eggleston, Bumbleburg & McBride, Ann G. Davis, Vaughan, Vaughan & Layden, Lafayette, for appellees.

ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

This is one of three cases1 in which we have been asked to review the propriety of a punitive award of attorney fees under Appellate Rule 15(G) of the Indiana Rules of Procedure. In the other two cases, we reversed decisions of the Court of Appeals imposing attorney fees. In order to provide guidance to the bench and bar as to circumstances when such fees are appropriate, we grant...

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