FEDERATED CAPITAL CORP. v. HANER

No. 20140469-CA.

351 P.3d 816 (2015)

2015 UT App 132

FEDERATED CAPITAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Cheryl HANER, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

May 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester A. Perry , for Appellant.

Linda M. Jones , Troy L. Booher , and Erin B. Hull , for Appellee.

Judge J. FREDERIC VOROS JR. authored this Opinion, in which Judges GREGORY K. ORME and JOHN A. PEARCE concurred.


Opinion

¶ 1 This appeal involves the award of attorney fees pursuant to Utah's reciprocal attorney fee statute. We hold that fees should be awarded under that statute on the same basis that they would be awarded under the applicable contract provision. In particular, a court should not withhold fees in reliance on disputed...

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