15 Pa.C.S. § 8695: Proceeds and expenses.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
- PART III PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
- CHAPTER 86 LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
- SUBCHAPTER I ACTIONS BY PARTNERS
(a) Proceeds.--Except as provided in subsection (b):
(1) any proceeds or other benefits of a derivative action, whether by judgment, compromise or settlement, belong to the limited partnership and not to the plaintiff; and
(2) if the plaintiff or its counsel receives any proceeds, the proceeds shall be remitted immediately to the partnership.
(b) Expenses.--If a derivative action is successful in whole or in part, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, from the recovery of the limited partnership, but in no event shall the attorney fees awarded exceed a reasonable proportion of the value of the relief, including nonpecuniary relief, obtained by the plaintiff for the limited partnership.
(c) Cross reference.--See section 8615(c)(7) (relating to contents of partnership agreement).
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