MONMOUTH MEADOWS v. HAMILTON

Nos. 43, 44 and 45 September Term, 2009.

7 A.3d 1 (2010)

416 Md. 325

MONMOUTH MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Tiffany HAMILTON. Montpelier Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Bode and Bonike Thomas-Ojo. Constant Friendship Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Kevin Tillery.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig B. Zaller ( P. Michael Nagle , Scott J. Silverman , Zinnaeah D. Johnson and P. Hong Le , Nagle & Zaller, P.C., Columbia), on brief, for petitioners.

Monisha Cherayil (Public Justice Center, Baltimore), on brief (as amicus), for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS, and BARBERA, JJ.


ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

ADKINS, J.

In this appeal we address how courts should determine the amount of attorneys' fees to be awarded in suits by homeowners associations against property owners to collect annual assessments in cases where recovery of fees is governed by contractual provisions in the homeowners agreement. Petitioner homeowners associations (the "Associations") appeal the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to them by the Circuit Courts...

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