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CITY OF GAHANNA v. EASTGATE PROPERTIES, INC.

No. 87-563.

36 Ohio St. 3d 65 (1988)

CITY OF GAHANNA, APPELLEE, v. EASTGATE PROPERTIES, INC., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphey, Young & Smith and William A. Klatt, for appellee.

Kagay, Albert & Diehl, Jon R. Philbrick and David K. Lowe, for appellant.

HILDEBRANDT, J.

Eastgate initially challenges the appellate court's reversal of the award of attorney fees. Generally, a prevailing party may not recover attorney fees as costs of litigation in the absence of statutory authority unless the breaching party has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, obdurately or for oppressive reasons. Sorin v. Bd. of Edn. (1976), 46 Ohio St.2d 177, 75 O.O. 2d 224, 347 N...

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