Can a plaintiff claim attorney fees in arbitration?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wherry v. Award, Inc., G045520, Super. Ct. No. 30-2008-00108123 (Cal. App. 2012):
Further, Frog Creek discussed and disposed of this argument and we agree with its reasoning. In Acosta v. Kerrigan, supra, 150 Cal.App.4th 1124, another case on which plaintiffs rely, the contract at issue contained two attorney fees provisions. One stated attorney fees could be awarded to a prevailing party in an arbitration. The other
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