California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fedco Constr., Inc. v. Int'l Fid. Ins. Co., A146999, A148407 (Cal. App. 2017):
"Generally, a trial court's determination that a litigant is a prevailing party, along with its award of fees and costs, is reviewed for abuse of discretion." (Goodman v. Lozano (2010) 47 Cal.4th 1327, 1332.) " ' "The appropriate test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason. When two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, the reviewing court has no authority to substitute
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