McAuley v. General Motors Corp.

In this case, we are presented with the question whether a prevailing party is entitled to recover a second award of attorney fees under the mediation rule, MCR 2.403(0),1 where he has already been compensated for his reasonable attorney fees pursuant to a statutory provision. The Court of Appeals held that multiple awards in excess of a reasonable attorney fee are permissible where independent purposes are served by the provisions authorizing such awards. We agree; however, we find that the Court did not intend double recovery under the circumstances of this case when it enacted MCR 2.403.…