STANDARD WATER CONTROL SYSTEMS v. JONES

No. 17-2009.

938 N.W.2d 651 (2020)

STANDARD WATER CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellee, v. Michael D. JONES and Cori Jones, Appellants. Michael D. Jones and Cori Jones, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. Standard Water Control Systems, Inc., Counterclaim Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Fatino , Jonathan Kramer , and Zachary J. Hermsen of Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Jodie C. McDougal and Elizabeth R. Meyer of Davis Brown Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellee.


I. Introduction.

Long-running litigation, like a species in the order lepidoptera, often goes through a metamorphosis. The difference is that the final stage of a legal metamorphosis is not a butterfly. Rather, as here, it is frequently a battle over attorney fees.

In June 2013, certain homeowners hired a contractor...

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