Trusley v. Statler

How courts have described this case

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• overruling trial court's award of attorney fees to a prevailing party after a successful arbitration hearing, holding that the trial court had no authority to grant fees because the local rules delegated that power to the arbitrator alone
• overruling trial court’s award of attorney fees to a prevailing party after a successful arbitration hearing, holding that the trial court had no authority to grant fees because the local rules delegated that power to the arbitrator alone
• parties who fail to request a trial de novo \may not alter [an arbitration award] by requesting action by the Superior Court which would amend that award\
• parties who fail to request a trial de novo “may not alter [an arbitration award] by requesting action by the Superior Court which would amend that award”
• where neither party requested a trial de novo, the trial court could not award attorney fees because the prevailing party failed to “ask the arbitrator to exercise his delegated authority and award them attorney fees”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).