Questions about the Case Taylor v. Chubb 1994 Okla. 47, 874 P.2d 806 (Okla. 1994)

1. What were the credentials of the legal assistant whose time was at issue in this case? 2. What is the prevailing practice of attorneys in Oklahoma concerning billing of paralegal time?

3. Does this court limit its decision to the particular fee award statute in this case? What other kinds of statutes have such provisions?

4. What limitations are placed by the court on compensation for paralegal time? 5. What are some of the tasks that the court acknowledges that legal assistants perform? 6. What should paralegal rates be relative to attorney rates? 7. Does the court find this decision to be a "change" in the law? How does the court describe the ruling?