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SCOTT FETZER CO. v. WEEKS

No. 55426-9.

114 Wn.2d 109 (1990)

786 P.2d 265

THE SCOTT FETZER COMPANY, KIRBY COMPANY DIVISION, Respondent, v. CAROL J. WEEKS, ET AL, Defendants, DWIGHT'S DISCOUNT VACUUM CLEANER CITY, INC., Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDonald, Harmon & Malone, by Charles M. McDonald; Van Camp & Bennion, P.S., by W. Russell Van Camp; and F. Lawrence Taylor, Jr., for petitioner.

Reed & Giesa, P.S., and D. Roger Reed, for respondent.

DURHAM, J.

The principal issue presented for decision is whether the fees awards provision of Washington's long-arm statute, RCW 4.28.185(5), authorizes an award of attorney fees when a foreign defendant prevails on jurisdictional grounds. We hold that it does. Additionally, we offer some guidance on the scope and amount of fees awards that properly may be made under this statute.

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