Superior Court of Pennsylvania December 31, 1997, No. 0970 (Logan v. Marks)

lead-opinion

JOHNSON, Judge:

We here consider the propriety of a trial court’s denial of statutory attorney’s fees to a prevailing plaintiff in litigation under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994). Following a three-day trial, a jury awarded Joshua Logan $275.00 in compensatory damages and $1.