CONTRACTORS HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS when facing a lawsuit. What worries many contractors is the cost of attorney fees. Whether you are considering a lawsuit to collect on a claim or you are being sued, the expense of litigation can be high. Often what drives this cost is not the trial itself. Pretrial discovery, which includes document production, interrogatories and depositions, is usually the main ingredient to this expense. I am regularly asked how much it will cost and if attorney fees can be recovered from the other side.
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