Utah Supreme Court· 6/26/1998

Valcarce v. Fitzgerald

Citations

961 P.2d 305
346 Utah Adv. Rep. 23
1998 Utah LEXIS 41
1998 WL 337780

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holding that the trial court erred in awarding a defendant and certain intervenors the full amount of their requested attorney fees without recognizing that some of the time charged by their counsel was spent on unsue-cessful issues
holding that the trial court erred in awarding a defendant and certain intervenors the full amount of their requested attorney fees without recognizing that some of the time charged by their counsel was spent on unsuccessful issues
stating that trial courts “are in the best position to assess ... the witnesses and to gain a sense of the proceedings as a whole”
noting that whether attorney fees are recoverable is a question of law reviewed for correctness
stating that “when a party who received attorney fees below prevails on appeal, the party is also entitled to fees reasonably incurred on appeal” (quotation simplified)
noting that the party prevailing on appeal is entitled to attorney fees incurred on appeal if that party was also awarded attorney fees below

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Judges: Zimmerman, Howe, Russon, Zimmerman'S, Stewart, Durham, Howe'S

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