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Chapter 1D Punitive Damages.
1D-45. Frivolous or malicious actions; attorneys' fees.
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1D‑45. Frivolous or malicious actions; attorneys' fees.
The court shall award reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from the defense against the punitive damages claim, against a claimant who files a claim for punitive damages that the claimant knows or should have known to be frivolous or malicious. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees against a defendant who asserts a defense in a punitive damages claim that the defendant knows or should have known to be frivolous or malicious. (1995, c. 514, s. 1.)
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