Arkansas Highway Department calls $18M award for attorneys' fees 'excessive,' appeals to state Supreme Court
The Arkansas Department of Transportation asked the state Supreme Court to erase $18 million in attorney fees awarded in a lawsuit that successfully challenged the agency's spending on two major road construction projects, arguing in a brief filed Friday that "winning an illegal exaction lawsuit should not be the equivalent of winning the lottery for the taxpayers' lawyers."
Source: arkansasonline.com