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AB-1897 Civil actions: prevailing defendant: attorney’s fees.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 1021.2 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read:

1021.2.
 Whenever a defendant prevails in a civil action, the court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees to a prevailing defendant against the plaintiff upon a finding by the court that the plaintiff’s prosecution of the action was not in good faith.