SANTISAS v. GOODIN

Docket No. S050326.

17 Cal.4th 599 (1998)

BENJAMIN SANTISAS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROBERT J.J. GOODIN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Raul S. Picardo and Gilbert T. Graham for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Robert J. Stumpf, Jr., Michele K. Trausch and Richard M. Foehr for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

Many contracts include a provision requiring a contracting party to pay any attorney fees that the other party incurs to enforce the contract or in litigation arising from the contract. To ensure that these contractual attorney fee provisions do not operate in an unfairly one-sided manner, the Legislature enacted Civil Code section 1717, which states in part: "In any action on a contract, where the contract specifically...

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