Centrix Management Co., LLC v. Fosberg

Summary

The court held that when a lease caps the commercial party’s attorney-fee recovery, a prevailing consumer’s fee award ordinarily must be based on that cap under § 42-150bb. A consumer may obtain reasonable fees exceeding the cap only after demonstrating that applying the cap would be impracticable because it would not achieve equity or fairness. The court vacated the fee award because the trial court had not made that threshold determination and remanded for a new hearing.