McAULEY v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 106915, Calendar No. 13.

578 N.W.2d 282 (1998)

457 Mich. 513

Thomas E. McAULEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant, and Michigan Employment Security Commission, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Segar, Flint, for plaintiff-appellee.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Martin J. Vittands, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant-appellant.


Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, Justice.

In this case, we are presented with the question whether a prevailing party is entitled to recover a second award of attorney fees under the mediation rule, MCR 2.403(o)1, where he has already been compensated for his reasonable attorney fees pursuant to a statutory provision. The Court of Appeals held that multiple awards in excess of a reasonable attorney fee are permissible where independent...

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