Pyle, J.
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Next, Smith argues that even if we affirm the small claims court’s judgments, we should still reverse its award of attorney fees because the amount the small claims court awarded was unreasonable. He has two grounds for this argument—first, that it was unreasonable to award Foegley Landscape an amount for Attorney Murphey’s fees because Attorney Murphey was hired by the company’s insurer and, therefore, Foegley Landscape did not incur Attorney Murphey’s fees; and, second, the small claims court’s award of Attorney Murphey’s fees was unreasonable because he did not submit any documentation for the work he did to justify the fees. [Footnote omitted.]
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Second, Smith argues that the small claims court abused its discretion in awarding Foegley Landscape attorney fees for Attorney Murphey’s representation. Specifically, he claims that Attorney Murphey’s fee was speculative, and therefore unreasonable, as Attorney Murphey did not submit any documentation clarifying what work he did on the case or how he calculated his fee. We agree with Smith.
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Here, the small claims court awarded attorney fees in the amount of $1,500, which is a significant portion of the total damages of $5,410.55. Because Attorney Masters provided documented evidence that his services were worth $500 in attorney fees, we attribute the remaining $1,000 to Attorney Murphey. Yet, there is no evidence in the record concerning the nature of Murphey’s representation, the hours he spent on the case, or his hourly charge. He merely submitted an affidavit to the small claims court stating that, as a result of his representation, Foegley Landscape had incurred costs and legal expenses of $4,045.90 related to the litigation. Absent information concerning the nature of Attorney Murphey’s services, the small claims court could not have properly evaluated the reasonableness of his fees and therefore abused its discretion in awarding attorney fees. Accordingly, we reverse the small claims court’s award of attorney fees with respect to Attorney Murphey and remand to the small claims court to hold a hearing and determine reasonable attorney fees for Attorney Murphey. [Footnote omitted.] See Fortner, 898 N.E.2d at 400 (remanding to the trial court to hold a hearing and determine reasonable attorney fees when there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court’s award of attorney fees); Loudermilk, 441 N.E.2d at 1388 (remanding for further proceedings when there was insufficient evidence to support the reasonableness of the trial court’s award of attorney fees).
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Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
Barnes, J., and May, J., concur.